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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08AMMAN332 | JORDAN CRACKS DOWN ON PIRACY WITH MORE JAIL SENTENCES AND [...] (U) In 2007, Jordan's National Library Department (NLD) referred 357 cases of IPR violations to the courts, bringing the total number of cases since 2000 to 1,936. Jordanian courts have become increasingly stricter with IPR crimes by issuing more jail sentences and higher fines (Reftel). [...] | 2008-02-04 05:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO |
08AMMAN3359 | Proposed QIZ Satellite Garment Factories Adhering to [...] (U) As requested ref A, Emboffs have sought to verify that the ten proposed Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) satellite factories are creating new job opportunities for rural Jordanians and not currently exporting garments under the QIZ agreement. 2. (U) Of the ten areas identified by the G [...] | 2008-12-23 03:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON KTEX JO |
08AMMAN3361 | U.S. AND JORDAN SIGN MEGAPORTS AGREEMENT [...] (U) Following more than two years of negotiation, the Ambassador and Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) Director General Dr. Jamal Sharaf signed on December 16 the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch the Megaports Initiative designed to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferatio [...] | 2008-12-23 04:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC JO |
08AMMAN3368 | IPR PIRACY AND ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN THREATEN GROWTH AND [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's Information Technology (IT) sector grew 15% in 2007, but 2008 statistics, when released, are expected to reflect a decline because of the worldwide economic slowdown. Nevertheless, for a country which lacks natural resources, but has an abundance of educated human capital [...] | 2008-12-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ETRD KIPR JO |
08AMMAN3384 | Monitoring and Evaluation for Save The Children- [...] (U) RefCoord attended on December 27, the first graduation ceremony for students attending Save The Children-supported Ta'leem classes in Amman, Jordan. RefCoord met with Jason Erb, Deputy Program Director for Save the Children-Jordan, and with trainers and volunteers for the Taleem program. [...] | 2008-12-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID IZ JO |
08AMMAN3418 | JORDAN ISLAMISTS PROTEST GAZA EVENTS AND ARAB [...] (SBU) An estimated 2,000 protesters attended a December 30 demonstration organized by the Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, half a mile from the U.S. Embassy on Cairo Street in the upper class commercial area of Abdoun. Speakers, including Muslim Broth [...] | 2008-12-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KISL JO |
08AMMAN407 | JORDAN'S SUBSIDY-FREE BUDGET SIGNED INTO LAW; PRICE [...] (U) On February 6 Jordan's 2008 state budget law was enacted, a decision that sets into motion an unpopular, but fiscally responsible, plan to eliminate subsidies for petroleum products and barley. The new law was published in a special edition of the Official Gazette, the final legal step fol [...] | 2008-02-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO |
08AMMAN408 | Status of Jordan's WIREC Participation [...] (U) Jordan is expected to send an official delegation to WIREC 2008, but needs additional time to finalize its participation. The Ambassador has conveyed the invitation to Foreign Minister Al-Bashir per refs A and B. Additionally, through a diplomatic note to the relevant ministries, the Emb [...] | 2008-02-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAID EPET KGHG OPDC TRGY JO |
08AMMAN409 | Jordan Prepares for Potential Summer Drought - Again [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretaries General of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) and the Jordan Valley Authority conveyed to ESTH Officer in separate January 24 meetings a clear sense of an impending summer water crisis. Lower than average rainfall has led to Jordanian dams being filled a [...] | 2008-02-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO SY IS |
08AMMAN41 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN42 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Saeed Sooudi and Garry [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Saeed Sooudi and Garry Scroggins to Jordan from 18 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN43 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN44 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Azzam Hassan [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Azzam Hassan to Jordan from 11 - 26 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN446 | JORDANIAN DELEGATION TO VIENNA FORUM TO BE LED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN448 | JORDANIAN DELEGATION TO VIENNA FORUM TO BE LED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 05:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN455 | JORDANIANS WILL CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN JO |
08AMMAN485 | PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD ARRIVE IN JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KPAL MASS JO |
08AMMAN504 | GROWING NUMBERS OF JORDANIANS INVEST IN STOCK MARKET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Approximately 15 percent of Jordanians own shares in companies traded on the Amman Stock Exchange. The exchange saw rapid growth in 2003 to 2005, followed by a steep decline in 2006 and quick growth in 2007. 245 companies are listed on the exchange, which now has 65 brokerage fi [...] | 2008-02-18 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV JO |
08AMMAN516 | TRAVEL ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR KUNDER, [...] USAID/Jordan requests ISU Kuwait expeditor assistance for Deputy Administrator James Kunder, DAA James Bever and Technical Advisor David Wall on February 25 and 26; and again on February 28 and 29 for Mr. Kunder. 2. Purpose of travel is transit through Kuwait to Iraq for the U.S.-Iraq Dialo [...] | 2008-02-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA JO IZ KU |
08AMMAN551 | Jordan's Trade Deficit Widens Significantly [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's trade deficit increased 23.4% to $7.8 billion in 2007, equivalent to about one-half of its GDP (reftels). Jordanian economists attribute the expanding trade gap primarily to a 17.2% increase in imports, which reached $13.5 billion. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) reported [...] | 2008-02-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
08AMMAN56 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Light Ronald [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Light Ronald to Jordan from 11 - 13 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...] | 2008-01-07 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN560 | ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NO COMMENT ON INCORPORATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP JO |
08AMMAN563 | Jordan Exempts Departing Iraqis From Fees; Introduces New [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced February 13 it would fully exempt departing Iraqis from overstay fines, and would waive 50 percent of the fines for Iraqis who choose to stay in Jordan providing they correct/update their status by March 17, 2008, a date extended until A [...] | 2008-02-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV JO IZ |
08AMMAN57 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gary Groves [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gary Groves to Jordan from 11 - 21 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...] | 2008-01-07 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN573 | OPIC CEO Reviews Projects Supporting King's Initiatives in [...] (SBU) Summary: OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher discussed ongoing and potential OPIC investments in Jordan worth $750 million with senior Jordanian officials on the margins of the February 10-11 Middle East and North Africa Trade and Investment Conference held in Amman. In 2007, OPIC [...] | 2008-02-24 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG OPIC JO KWBG |
08AMMAN602 | JORDAN FY 2008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) As requested reftel, Embassy Amman's submission for the FY 2008 congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency follows. 2. (SBU) Begin text: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is firmly committed to fiscal transparency and accountability, and continues to institute new controls [...] | 2008-02-26 05:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL JO |
08AMMAN603 | JORDAN STARTS SHIFT TO UNLEADED GASOLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan has begun implementation of a long-awaited decision to switch from regular to unleaded fuel, a change that officially went into effect February 8 when the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) announced it had stopped providing gas stations with leaded fuel. The Gover [...] | 2008-02-26 05:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EPET ETRD PGOV JO |
08AMMAN62 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OPIC OFFICERS MONTGOMERY, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of OPIC Officers Danielle Montgomery, Nancy Rivera, Mary Boomgard and Alexander Evans to Jordan from January 10-18, 2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of the trip is to perform due diligence for the Disi project. The travelers should carefully [...] | 2008-01-08 07:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OPIC OTRA JO |
08AMMAN628 | Jordan Feeling the Impact of Increased Fuel Prices [...] (SBU) Summary: After the decision to lift remaining fuel subsidies went into effect on February 8, the prices of fuel derivatives were set to market prices, rising by 3% to 110.9% (Ref B) depending on the product. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) will remain partially subsidized until April, whe [...] | 2008-02-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
08AMMAN633 | Embassy Avian Influenza Task Force Meeting - Jordan [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met February 20 to review the status of avian flu tracking and preparedness in Jordan. Jordan has not reported any new cases of AI since March 2006. Jordan has also participated in regional preparedness planning exercises through the Middl [...] | 2008-02-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU JO |
08AMMAN638 | JORDAN PLANNING TO ATTEND THE ARAB [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh was not aware of the issue, but after a quick phone call to the Jordanian parliament's Secretary General, confirmed that Jordan's parliament was SIPDIS p [...] | 2008-02-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ JO |
08AMMAN655 | DOMESTIC IT SECTOR GROWS DESPITE LURE OF DUBAI [...] (U) Summary: The Jordanian information technology (IT) sector grew an estimated 25 percent in 2007, and is exploiting strong technical, entrepreneurial and Arabic cultural awareness skills. A growing mobile and broadband internet telecommunications sector is a strong complement, and the govern [...] | 2008-03-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT EINV TINT JO |
08AMMAN670 | RISING PRICES REINFORCE VIEW AMONG SOME THAT AMMAN IS THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Amman has recently been rated as one of the most expensive cities in the Middle East by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Prices in Jordan continue to rise as a result of rising world fuel and food prices and Jordan's peg to the weakening U.S. dollar. Jordan's Consumer Price Averag [...] | 2008-03-03 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SOCI JO |
08AMMAN69 | JORDAN MAINTAINS HIGHEST ALERT STATUS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Following Israel's announcement of the discovery of the H5N1 virus at a poultry farm, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) has reviewed and maintained its highest level of alert status for the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) (ref A). Israeli authorities reported the inciden [...] | 2008-01-08 11:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR ETRD JO |
08AMMAN727 | Jordan Waives Overstay Fees for 6,000 Workers in QIZ [...] (U) The Jordanian Cabinet approved February 27 a request by the Ministries of Labor and Interior to waive approximately JD 6 million (USD 8.5 million) in overstay fines for over 6,000 foreign workers in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),mainly from South Asia. According to the Ministry o [...] | 2008-03-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
08AMMAN772 | JORDAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...] | 2008-03-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN776 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...] | 2008-03-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
08AMMAN78 | JORDAN REAPS $232 MILLION FROM ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES IPO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan sold 71 percent of national air carrier Royal Jordanian's (RJ) shares in a recent IPO and raised $232 million. During the IPO road show, RJ President Samer Majali highlighted RJ's growth in a growing region and the profitability of its Iraq routes. Since [...] | 2008-01-09 08:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON KPRV JO |
08AMMAN81 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gregory Staton + 1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gregory Staton and Ranji Matthew to Jordan from 14 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2008-01-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN813 | Promoting the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement [...] (SBU) Summary: Although total U.S.-Jordan trade has continued to grow, Jordanian exports to the U.S. under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) represented a mere 23% of total exports to the U.S. in 2007, and grew only modestly over 2006. Garment exports, primarily shipped under the Qua [...] | 2008-03-13 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
08AMMAN815 | NEARLY SEVEN PERCENT INFLATION IN ONE MONTH REFLECTS FUEL [...] (U) Jordan's Department of Statistics reported a 6.54 percent increase in the monthly Consumer Price Average (CPA) between January 2008 and February 2008 - the largest monthly jump in several years - in its March 10 monthly report. This increase follows a 0.7 percent one-month increase from De [...] | 2008-03-16 05:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON JO |
08AMMAN816 | LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM UNDERWAY TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan (GoJ) has completed part one of a three-stage process to register and tag all ruminant animals, including sheep, goats, camels, and cattle. One goal of the project, which began mid-February and is scheduled to be completed by April 2008, is to create an animal tr [...] | 2008-03-16 05:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO JO |
08AMMAN824 | JORDAN CONSIDERING CO-SPONSORSHIP OF U.S./EC TAFT GOODS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON JO |
08AMMAN884 | JORDAN AMENDS LAWS TO ESTABLISH NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Parliamentary approval of amendments to two nuclear energy laws, a Royal Decree was issued on March 12, 2008 to appoint five commissioners to the newly established High Commission on Nuclear Energy. All the commissioners are U.S.-educated in nuclear energy or physics, [...] | 2008-03-24 08:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON KNNP TRGY JO |
08AMMAN93 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Peter Leary and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Peter Leary and Manuel Rangel to Jordan from 18 - 23 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...] | 2008-01-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN94 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Rodrigue Aleandre [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Rodrigue Aleandre to Jordan from 26 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...] | 2008-01-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN949 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: DISI WATER PSC [...] (SBU) Summary: In order to foster greater efficiency in Jordan's water sector, post recommended a series of conditions precedent (CPs) related to water reform as part of the annual cash transfer portion of ESF to the Government of Jordan (GOJ),which the GOJ has agreed in principle to implement [...] | 2008-03-31 09:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV SENV JO |
08AMMAN96 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Thomas Tennant and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Thomas Tennant and Joseph Pestar to Jordan from 20 - 24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2008-01-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN976 | STRIKING VIETNAMESE WORKERS GO HOME [...] Sibbel explained that the remaining ten workers changed their minds, and decided to remain in Jordan and return to work at the factory. Sibbel confirmed that MOL inspectors verified that all departing workers had been paid according to their contracts before leaving. He also said that the MO [...] | 2008-04-01 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JO VM |
08AMSTERDAM35 | ESTA OUTREACH IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the June 3 announcement of the DHS Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) program, Consulate General Amsterdam and colleagues at the U.S. Embassy in The Hague have conducted extensive ESTA outreach activities. We have developed an action plan to continue to reac [...] | 2008-07-18 15:09:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT PREL KPAO PGOV NL |
08AMSTERDAM53 | AUGUST VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of AmEmbassy The Hauge and ConGen Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The August Visas Viper meeting was held on September 4, 2008. In the absence of the Acting DCM in The Hague and the PO in Amsterdam, the meeting was chaired by RSO John [...] | 2008-09-11 13:37:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL |
08ANKARA1 | TURKEY'S 2008 ENERGY SECTOR PRIORITIES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told the Ambassador December 28 that energy issues will continue to play a central role in the GOT's domestic and foreign policy agendas for 2008. Guler noted three main priorities: 1) expanded investment [...] | 2008-01-01 07:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1002 | Update on PKK Violence (May 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 16-23, 2008 reporting period, four security [...] | 2008-05-29 07:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1024 | Update on PKK Violence (May 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 24-31, 2008 reporting period, one security [...] | 2008-06-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1032 | TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to [...] | 2008-06-03 16:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TU |
08ANKARA1034 | TURKEY WILL SIGN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nudged by the EU, and seeking greater influence in post-Kyoto negotiations, the GOT announced on June 2 that it would begin a process to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The GOT hopes the parliament will approve the ratification before its July recess, clearing the way for Turkey to [...] | 2008-06-04 04:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TU |
08ANKARA1043 | TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE POSTS [...] (U) Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate's (Diyanet) guidance on "appropriate" conduct for Muslims, posted on its website, is generating considerable debate, particularly proscriptions governing "sexual life." The list attracted attention during a May Provincial Muftis Conference; Radikal d [...] | 2008-06-05 06:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
08ANKARA1055 | CODELS TANNER AND LEAHY MEET WITH PM ERDOGAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 29 meetings with Codels Tanner and Leahy, President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan lauded improved U.S.-Turkey relations and expressed gratitude for U.S. support against PKK terrorism. Erdogan complained of Congressional resolutions introduced on Cyprus and the Aegean t [...] | 2008-06-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR PTER ENRG ETTC IR IS TU |
08ANKARA1064 | TURKEY: UPDATED INFORMATION FOR LEADING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The contact information provided is keyed to reftel request. -- Country: The Republic of Turkey. -- Date of information: May 30, 2008 2. (SBU) Head of Government: Prime Minister -- Last Name: Erdogan -- First/Middle Names: Recep Tayyip -- Conventional Usage: Prime Minister Erdoga [...] | 2008-06-10 06:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL TU |
08ANKARA1065 | Update on PKK Violence (June 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security of [...] | 2008-06-10 06:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1068 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAY 2008) [...] (U) Summary: Turkey continues to progress with proposed enhancements to their existing export controls and has submitted new proposed legislation to combine export control lists, form a Export Control Board (ECB),and improve licensing processes for dual-use and other sensitive items (ref a). [...] | 2008-06-10 08:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1076 | TURKEY: EXBS AGREEMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On June 10, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun presented us with a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/SE),dated June 9, advising that the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of [...] | 2008-06-10 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC PTER KNNP PARM TU |
08ANKARA1113 | PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S JUNE 6-8 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Cumber underscored the need for cooperation and innovation within the OIC during May 6-8 meetings in Ankara and Istanbul with GOT officials, OIC representatives, intellectuals, and journalists. S/E Cumber explained his mandate and briefed on efforts t [...] | 2008-06-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIC PREL PGOV PHUM TU |
08ANKARA1126 | Update on PKK Violence (June 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two security [...] | 2008-06-18 09:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1142 | TURKEY: MOJ SAYS COURT ERRED IN FIRST ARTICLE 301 [...] (U) Summary and comment: In the first high-profile verdict to be handed down since parliament amended controversial Penal Code Article 301 (insulting "Turkishness"),an Istanbul court sentenced Armenian-British publisher Ragip Zarakolu to pay a fine of 1400 YTL (USD 1100),for publishing a bo [...] | 2008-06-19 09:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1176 | FOREIGN INTEREST DOWN FOR TURKEY'S PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Privatization receipts are a significant source of income for Turkey. The AKP-led government has pursued an aggressive privatization program since it took office in 2002. On June 12, Privatization Agency (PA) President Metin Kilci told us that although foreign investor intere [...] | 2008-06-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON TU |
08ANKARA1178 | Update on PKK Violence (June 16 - 23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 16 - 23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...] | 2008-06-27 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1182 | TURKEY GSP WAIVER REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador carried out reftel instructions regarding Turkey's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) eligibility for gold jewelry with MFA U/S Apakan by phone June 27 and in person June 28. Apakan reaffirmed the positions stated in Foreign Trade Minister Tuzmen's April 8, 200 [...] | 2008-06-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL TU |
08ANKARA1183 | GOT Electricity Hikes Affect Mission Turkey's Bottom Line [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT is moving to eliminate subsidies in the electricity sector. This is a welcome and necessary step for privatization of the sector. The combination of high fuel prices (input for electricity generation) and a GOT-imposed price ceiling on electricity prices has resulted [...] | 2008-06-30 10:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD AFIN AMGT ECON ENRG TU |
08ANKARA1195 | TURKISH CANDIDATES FOR MAKTOUM FOUNDATION [...] Per reftel, we offer seven candidates for possible participation in a Maktoum Foundation Conference to be held in Dubai in early 2009. Their names and descriptions follow: 2. Ms. Mutlu Alkan: She is an executive in the family company Malkan Makina textile machinery and has greatly expan [...] | 2008-07-01 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL |
08ANKARA1209 | Update on PKK Violence (June 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 24-30, 2008 reporting period, no security [...] | 2008-07-03 08:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA122 | Update on PKK Violence (January 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 8-15, 2007 reporting period, no GOT sec [...] | 2008-01-23 05:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1222 | SCENESETTER FOR C. BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 10-13 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit coincides with political uncertainty surrounding the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) due to a closure case against it pending in the Constitutional Court. Recent high-profile detentions in connection with a year-long investigation into suspec [...] | 2008-07-07 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET TU |
08ANKARA1232 | TURKEY: TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 07:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS VE TU |
08ANKARA1280 | TURKEY: PRIVATIZATION SUCEEDS DESPITE POLTICAL TURMOIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the global economic downturn and Turkish domestic political turmoil, the GOT successfully privatized two electricity distribution companies earlier this month. This sale demonstrated Turkey's continuing ability to attract foreign investment, to command a good price and [...] | 2008-07-16 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG TU |
08ANKARA1290 | Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one security o [...] | 2008-07-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1291 | Update on PKK Violence (July 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 8-15, 2008 reporting period, three security [...] | 2008-07-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1306 | TERRORIST EXTRADITION ROUNDTABLE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Top terrorism prosecutors and judges from Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iraq, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland met in Istanbul, Turkey June 24-26, 2008 to discuss their respective practices and overcome obstacles in extraditing terrorists. The meeting, co-hosted [...] | 2008-07-22 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1345 | Update on PKK Violence (July 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 16-23, 2008 reporting period, two security [...] | 2008-07-28 09:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1371 | LOVE FOR SALE - THE TAUDRY TALE OF TURKISH MEDIA OWNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM TU |
08ANKARA1391 | TURKEY: SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL RESULTS [...] (U) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) announced on August 4 the results of its annual meeting to determine new assignments, promotions, and dismissals. As expected, Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) GEN Ilker Basbug (bio info reported septel) was named the new chief of the Turkish G [...] | 2008-08-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MARR TU |
08ANKARA1395 | PARLIAMENT AGAIN APPROVES FOREIGN LAND PURCHASES IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate decisions in January and April 2008, the Constitutional Court struck down portions of both the Title Deed Law and the Foreign Direct Investment Law, effectively barring real estate purchases by foreign real persons or corporations (reftels). In an amendment to the Tit [...] | 2008-08-05 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BEXP TU |
08ANKARA1407 | TURKEY'S TERRORISM LAWS: UNORTHODOX BUT WORKABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent extended discussions with Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials, we reviewed Turkey's legal framework for prosecuting terrorism activities. In response to our concern that Turkey's current terrorism law too narrowly focuses on domestic terrorism and does no [...] | 2008-08-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA1452 | Update on PKK Violence (July 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 24-31, 2008 reporting period, five security [...] | 2008-08-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1453 | Update on PKK Violence (August 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 1-7, 2008 reporting period, five village [...] | 2008-08-13 08:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1490 | Update on PKK Violence (August 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 8-15, 2008 reporting period, eleven secu [...] | 2008-08-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA151 | TURKISH COURTS BLOCK ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish courts banned access to the immensely popular "YouTube" website for five days beginning January 17, to block a picture with swear words imposed over Turkey's founding father, Ataturk, and the Turkish flag. The GOT maintains the courts are properly implementing a new In [...] | 2008-01-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA153 | Update on PKK Violence (January 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 16-23, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...] | 2008-01-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1546 | Update on PKK Violence (August 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...] | 2008-08-27 09:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1560 | TURKEY: SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 26, Senator Lugar and delegation discussed the situation in Georgia, Caspian energy issues including Nabucco, Turkey's EU accession and other issues with President Gul, Foreign Minister Babacan and Energy Minister Guler. The Senator also hosted a dinner for represen [...] | 2008-08-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU |
08ANKARA1588 | Update on PKK Violence (August 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 24-31, 2008 reporting period, eight secu [...] | 2008-09-04 06:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1623 | Update on PKK Violence (September 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 1-7, 2008 reporting period, 13 securit [...] | 2008-09-10 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1665 | Update on PKK Violence (September 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two secu [...] | 2008-09-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1676 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP DEFENDS ITSELF BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-hour verbal defense presented to the Constitutional Court September 16, Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Co-Chairman Ahmet Turk urged the Court not to close DTP and ban 220 of its members from politics. Turk claimed DTP has been working diligently to find a p [...] | 2008-09-19 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA1687 | TURKEY: EMBASSY SUPPORT OF GE REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary. General Electric (GE) Turkey Managing Director Kursat Ozkan informed us September 4 that GE sent a formal request to GOT to postpone the deadline for bids for Turkey's first civilian nuclear power plant from September 24, 2008 to March 1, 2009 due to lack of project risk infor [...] | 2008-09-22 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ENIV ENRG TU |
08ANKARA1688 | TURKEY-RUSSIA SIGN CUSTOMS DEAL TO RESOLVE TRADE DISPUTE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TU |
08ANKARA1709 | TURKEY/TIP: NEW PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOT has launched a media campaign, including posters, TV and radio spots, to raise public awareness of TIP and promote the "157" hotline, and is taking additional steps to generate public support in the fight against TIP. A draft GOT-commissioned report on demand for TIP i [...] | 2008-09-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TIP SMIG PHUM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB TU |
08ANKARA1715 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP |
08ANKARA1716 | NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) We passed the non-paper contained in reftel and a copy of the publicly-released paper to MFA Disarmament and Nonproliferation Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on September 25. Gun welcomed the information and confirmed that the Turkish defense attache in Washington has received a brief [...] | 2008-09-26 11:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM |
08ANKARA1718 | Update on PKK Violence (September 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one sec [...] | 2008-09-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1740 | Update on PKK Violence (September 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 24-30, 2008 reporting period, three s [...] | 2008-10-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1744 | ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS SOUND, SO FAR [...] Summary and comment: The effects of the global financial crisis on Turkey's economy have not been significant, thus far. The stock market, known for volatility, has lost value and the lira has depreciated slightly. Structural reforms implemented by the GOT, especially in the banking sector, [...] | 2008-10-08 05:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
08ANKARA1754 | TURKISH PETROLEUM CONFERENCE TARGETS UPSTREAM INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The purpose of Turkish Petroleum's "Northern Arabian Plate Oil and Gas Summit" (NAPOGS 2008) October 8-10 was to share information about ongoing or planned upstream development in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The conference targeted participation of energy ministers and nati [...] | 2008-10-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY |
08ANKARA1761 | TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON INVESTMENT IN IRAN [...] (U) On October 8, Reuters carried an interview with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on investment in Iran. The version in Turkish provided more detail than the wire service version. Below is a translation by Embassy staff of Guler's comments from the original story. 2. (U) Guler sai [...] | 2008-10-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG TU IR |
08ANKARA1763 | BANKS CLAIM LIMITED EXPOSURE TO GLOBAL CRISIS [...] Summary: While the world financial crisis continues, the Turkish banking sector is relatively robust thanks to its strong balance sheets and limited foreign exposure. The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) is confident about the financial position of the sector, and says banker [...] | 2008-10-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
08ANKARA1791 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS [...] On October 14, we shared reftel information with Can Oguz, Office of the Special Envoy for Iraq, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oguz thanked us for the information, said he would promptly share it with the appropriate parties, and made no substantial additional comment. Visit Ankara's [...] | 2008-10-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TU IZ IR SY |
08ANKARA1792 | DRUNKEN PASSENGER DISRUPTS TURKISH AIR FLIGHT, BUT [...] (U) Turkish and international media reported October 15 that a Turkish Airlines flight from Antalya, Turkey to St Petersburg, Russia had been hijacked during flight. Subsequent press reports said the hijacker had been subdued and that the flight was continuing on to St Petersburg. Still later [...] | 2008-10-16 04:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR TU RU |
08ANKARA1793 | Update on PKK Violence (October 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 1-7, 2008 reporting period, 19 security [...] | 2008-10-16 06:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1807 | TURKEY PRESSING FOR RATIFICATION OF MONTREAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on October 16 to Basat Ozturk, DDG for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs at MFA. Ozturk said the GOT strongly supports the ratification of the Montreal Convention and pressed earlier this year to make it a legislative priority. The ratification legislati [...] | 2008-10-17 04:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ICAO TU |
08ANKARA1833 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS PRESIDENT BUSH - PM BROWN [...] (SBU) Ambassador used the opportunity of an October 16 meeting to present the President Bush -- PM Brown letter to Gurcan Turkoglu, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to President Abdullah Gul. Turkoglu, who had not yet received a copy of the letter from the MFA, underscored the importance of food [...] | 2008-10-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PREL |
08ANKARA1837 | VAN: A GLIMPSE INTO TURKEY'S REMOTE EAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Two Embassy Econoffs recently visited the city of Van, a regional center in Turkey's remote east along the border with Iran. They found a pleasant lakeside city struggling to deal with a huge influx of intern [...] | 2008-10-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BTIO PGOV EAID TU |
08ANKARA1864 | TURKEY: LIRA DEPRECIATES SHARPLY [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Turkish lira has taken a pounding, falling 37% against the dollar this month and 14.5% from October 20 to 24. The lira's sharp fall is mainly the result of foreign investors selling Turkish assets (USD $14 b [...] | 2008-10-27 05:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
08ANKARA1870 | TURKEY: MOU SIGNED ON HEU FUEL RETURN AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Office of Global Threat Reduction, and from the Department's Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security (ISN/NESS) met with the president and other officials from the Turkish Atomi [...] | 2008-10-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM TRGY TU |
08ANKARA1872 | TURKEY: PRIME MINISTER REJECTS IMF AND BUSINESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan lashed out October 26 at the IMF and business groups pressuring the GOT to sign a new IMF agreement, saying "during a crisis, we will not bury the future in darkness by bowing to the de [...] | 2008-10-28 05:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
08ANKARA1877 | Update on PKK Violence (October 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one securi [...] | 2008-10-28 10:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1878 | Update on PKK Violence (October 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 8-15, 2008 reporting period, nine securi [...] | 2008-10-28 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1899 | Update on PKK Violence (October 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 24-31, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...] | 2008-11-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1907 | TURKEY: CAPITAL REPATRIATION LAW WILL NOT EXEMPT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: We met October 31 with Hasan Aktan, Undersecretary of Finance, to discuss the GOT's draft Capital Repatriation law and press reports that the GOT draft bill would exempt repatriated capital from money launderi [...] | 2008-11-04 11:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN TU |
08ANKARA1914 | TURKEY: UNPOPULAR GAS PRICE INCREASES GO FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, the Turkish gas import monopoly BOTAS announced a 22.5% price increase in gas for households and 22% for industry. This is the fifth gas price increase in 2008 and brings the total gas price increase to over 70% so far this year. At a press conference on Novembe [...] | 2008-11-04 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG TU |
08ANKARA1923 | TURKEY NOT PLANNING TO HOST PSI OR REGIONAL OEG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA1928 | DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TU |
08ANKARA1953 | Update on PKK Violence (November 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security [...] | 2008-11-12 10:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA1987 | TURKEY: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL TU |
08ANKARA2011 | TURKEY PLANS TO AMEND NATURAL GAS MARKET LAW TO FREE GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT is expediting long-awaited legislative amendments to liberalize the natural gas market in Turkey. Iran's gas cut-off the past few winters, and increasing pressure from companies wanting to enter the market pushed the Energy Ministry to prepare a Gas Sector Strategy Pap [...] | 2008-11-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG TU |
08ANKARA2017 | ILL-TIMED RATE REDUCTIONS IN TURKEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In a move analysts called "shocking, premature, futile, and destructive," the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) on November 19 cut its overnight borrowing rate to 16.25% (down from 16.75%) and its [...] | 2008-11-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
08ANKARA2031 | TALAT ON CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS: GLASS IS HALF-FULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat portrayed the status of ongoing Cyprus negotiations in realistic yet optimistic terms in a November 20 speech in Ankara. Talat was clear in pointing out the trouble spots where negotiations have to date accomplished little, and agreed wit [...] | 2008-11-24 07:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CY TU |
08ANKARA2044 | Update on PKK Violence (November 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...] | 2008-11-25 07:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA2055 | TURKISH RESPONSE: POTENTIAL PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (SBU) On November 26, we delivered reftel message to Babur Girgin, Department Head, Directorate of South Asia, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Girgin said Turkey is generally supportive of the concept of holding a Pakistan Donors, Conference, but has not determined the level of its parti [...] | 2008-11-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK TU AF |
08ANKARA2066 | TURKISH WOMEN TOO FIGHT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's young but steadily growing women's rights movement can claim progress in recent years. A handful of committed NGO's pushed the GOT to make women's rights one of the centerpieces of the government's 2003-2004 effort to accelerate EU-related reforms. They succeeded: the [...] | 2008-11-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA2068 | Update on PKK Violence (November 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 16-23, 2008 reporting period, three se [...] | 2008-12-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA2087 | TURKEY ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTIONIST SPIRAL, [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Ibrahim Yagli, MFA Department Head in the Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. He observed that the GOT had not been aware of the protectionist measures taken by India, Brazil, and Argentina. Yagli agreed that such activities could create a dan [...] | 2008-12-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO |
08ANKARA2115 | Update on PKK Violence (November 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 24-30, 2008 reporting period, no securi [...] | 2008-12-16 07:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA2116 | Update on PKK Violence (December 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security [...] | 2008-12-16 07:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA2139 | TURKEY RESTORING ANCIENT ARMENIAN CITY OF ANI [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The excavation, preservation and restoration of the ancient Armenian city of Ani continues with renewed emphasis since President Gul's July 2008 visit there. The Culture Ministry (MOC) is working in partner [...] | 2008-12-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PREL PGOV AM TU |
08ANKARA218 | Update on PKK Violence (January 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 24-31, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...] | 2008-02-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA2191 | THOUSANDS OF IPR CASES MAY BE DISMISSED [...] (SBU) Summary. As reported reftel, in July the Constitutional Court struck down provisions of the trademark law criminalizing IPR violations and gave the GOT until January 5, 2009 to pass legislation that meets constitutional requirements. With January 5 fast approaching and the Parliament in [...] | 2008-12-31 04:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON KCRM TU |
08ANKARA2194 | TURKEY/TIP: STRONG COMMITMENT, UNEVEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: GOT, NGO, and IOM experts discussed with visiting G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Jennifer Donnelly December 15-17 the considerable progress Turkey has made in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) sin [...] | 2008-12-31 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
08ANKARA23 | Turkish Exports Boomed in 2007 [...] Summary: Turkish exports reached USD 105.9 billion in 2007, enjoying a 23.5 percent increase from 2006 and surpassing the official target of USD 100 billion. Turkish State Minister for Trade, Kursad Tuzmen, said 2008 exports would continue to be the locomotive for Turkey's economic growth. Th [...] | 2008-01-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
08ANKARA235 | TURKEY : TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...] | 2008-02-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ANKARA252 | TURKEY: TSA MOVES FORWARD ON PROVIDING SECURITY TRAINING [...] (SBU) During a January 22 meeting, Embassy Athens Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Daniel Furlong and Turkish Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) Deputy Director General for Security Haydar Yalcin discussed various training programs previously requested by t [...] | 2008-02-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR TU |
08ANKARA270 | Update on PKK Violence (February 1 - 7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 1 - 7, 2008 reporting period, no GOT s [...] | 2008-02-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA278 | TURKEY: NEW GOT TAX IMPLEMENTATION UPSETS FREE TRADE ZONES [...] (U) Summary: A recent communique issued by Turkish Customs levies additional taxes against companies operating in Free Trade Zones. This unforeseen change in tax policy substantially increased production costs in these zones. The Aegean Free Trade Zone, which has majority U.S. ownership, was a [...] | 2008-02-14 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON TU |
08ANKARA279 | TURKEY OPPOSES ICAO PLANS TO TRANSFER SAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish MFA Civil Aviation officials summoned PMA Counselor on February 12 to request U.S. support at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Turkey has written an objection letter to ICAO leadership opposing its plans to transfer "state" responsibility for Search [...] | 2008-02-14 08:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL TU CY |
08ANKARA285 | TURKEY: ANKARA CONFERENCE DISCUSSES HOW TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 09:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA288 | TURKEY NOT READY TO COSPONSOR U.S./EC TAFT GOODS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points in coordination with the EC's Economic Counselor in Turkey, Ulrike Hauer. Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat Deputy Director General for Multilateral Agreements, Hasan Yalcin, told us that Turkey supports the ideas presented in the joint proposal "in princ [...] | 2008-02-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON TU |
08ANKARA302 | Update on PKK Violence (February 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...] | 2008-02-19 09:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA307 | MGKV01: TURKEY SWIFTLY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (U) At approximately 19:30 local time, February 18, the GOT formally recognized Kosovo's independence. FM Babacan's statement (see paragraph 4) emphasized the importance Turkey attaches to peace and stability in the Balkans. The statement also noted Turkey's historical and cultural ties to [...] | 2008-02-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU YI ZL |
08ANKARA32 | Update on PKK Violence (December 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 24-31, 2007 reporting period, no GOT s [...] | 2008-01-08 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA332 | TURKEY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) A strict reading of the criteria outlined in reftel paras 2 and 8 could lead to the conclusion that Turkey does not possess critical infrastructure (CI) or key resources (KR) whose incapacity or destruction would have a "debilitating impact on (U.S.) security, national economic security, [...] | 2008-02-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ASEC PREL ETTC TU |
08ANKARA348 | Update on PKK Violence (February 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 16-23, 2008 reporting period, two secu [...] | 2008-02-25 08:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA35 | DESPITE IRANIAN GAS CUTS, TURKEY KEEPS THE LIGHTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. In the midst of cold winter weather and snow, Turkey is suffering from reduced gas imports from Iran and Russia. The GOT is taking several measures to assure that power is kept on. In a worse case scenario of bad weather forcing Russia to cut gas supplies to Turkey via the West [...] | 2008-01-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET IR TU |
08ANKARA350 | TURKEY'S PRESIDENT APPROVES CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish President Abdullah Gul signed two constitutional amendments February 22, laying the groundwork for lifting Turkey's headscarf ban at universities. Opposition parties plan to file a challenge in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday. Heated debate continues over whethe [...] | 2008-02-25 09:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
08ANKARA354 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 4: GROUND OPERATIONS, MILITARY [...] (SBU) Turkish ground operations in the Zap-Metina area of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. Weather in the objective area is expected to deteriorate significantly over the next 24-48 hours, limiting air operations [...] | 2008-02-25 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA36 | Turkish Parliament Ratifies 2008 Budget [...] (U) Summary: The most significant aspect of Turkey's 2008 budget is the decrease in the primary surplus target to 5.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). For five years, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has used a primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GDP. In working to achieve the amb [...] | 2008-01-09 05:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
08ANKARA382 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: TURKEY INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel with MFA Department Head for Maritime Affairs, Mehmet Poroy, on February 27. Poroy provided us with some background on Turkey's previous engagement on this issue. Because of Turkey's involvement in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),the IMO Secretary Gen [...] | 2008-02-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC EWWT TU SO UN |
08ANKARA384 | CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH FM BABACAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Biden discussed with Turkish FM Babacan ongoing U.S.-Turkey cooperation and efforts to promote stability in the region, notably in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, during a February 22 meeting. Babacan described the EU accession process as integral to Turkey's ongoing dem [...] | 2008-02-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA385 | Codel Biden talks Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan with [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, in a February 22 meeting with Codel Biden, focused on political realism and participation as the key to stability in Iraq. Maximalist demands were counterproductive. The surge was working. Passage of important legislation would further enhance political integra [...] | 2008-02-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PK BM AF EUN TU |
08ANKARA386 | CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH FM BABACAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Biden discussed with Turkish FM Babacan ongoing U.S.-Turkey cooperation and efforts to promote stability in the region, notably in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, during a February 22 meeting. Babacan described the EU accession process as integral to Turkey's ongoing dem [...] | 2008-02-28 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV TU |
08ANKARA387 | Codel Biden talks Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan with [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, in a February 22 meeting with Codel Biden, focused on political realism and participation as the key to stability in Iraq. Maximalist demands were counterproductive. The surge was working. Passage of important legislation would further enhance political integra [...] | 2008-02-28 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PK BM AF EUN TU |
08ANKARA396 | LEAHY VETTING: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF [...] This is an action request. 2. Post has reviewed the following Turkish candidate for an International Military Education and Training (IMET) sponsored program. Action Request: Post requests that Department conduct a name check on this candidate in appropriate databases (DRL/PM/EUR/INR) and [...] | 2008-02-29 11:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV TU |
08ANKARA424 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hou [...] | 2008-03-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA425 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel questions. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish Pen [...] | 2008-03-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA426 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: VICTIM PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). VICTIM PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE -------------------------------- A. (SBU) Foreign victims identified by Turkish authorities may apply f [...] | 2008-03-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA432 | Update on PKK Violence (February 24 - 29, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 24-29, 2008 reporting period, 17 securi [...] | 2008-03-05 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA448 | TURKEY'S COMPULSORY RELIGION COURSES ILLEGAL, TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's highest administrative court ruled March 3 that students may be exempted from mandatory religious education classes. Alevis welcomed the ruling as a major victory, urging its immediate implementation. The EU called it a landmark decision, noting the court relied not [...] | 2008-03-07 09:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
08ANKARA460 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (FEBRUARY [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor attended dedication ceremony in Izmir for one of five new Customs Enforcement container x-ray and inspection facilities donated by European Union (EU) Commission as part of the EU Accession project to provide border security assistance programs to Turkish Customs at majo [...] | 2008-03-10 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
08ANKARA463 | GOT RECTIFIES ERRONEOUS VAT TAX COLLECTIONS FROM FREE TRADE [...] (U) On February 27, the Ministry of Finance ended the collection of additional value-added (VAT) tax levied on Free Trade Zones (FTZs) operating in Turkey. Companies operating in FTZs were blindsided by a Turkish Customs Undersecretariat circular issued on January 21 (Reftel) requiring them to [...] | 2008-03-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON TU |
08ANKARA468 | YOUNG TURKS VISIT ARMENIA: BUILDING TIES THAT BIND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Several Turkish alumni of British universities who visited Armenia January 20-25 shared with us a taste of their unique experience and the favorable impressions made by their Armenian contacts. The realization [...] | 2008-03-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL OPRC AM TU |
08ANKARA484 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION: [...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ),through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),sent us, March 10, supplemental information on prosecutions and convictions of traffickers, including of two GOT officials, and also provided clarification on the law governing legal prostitution and the [...] | 2008-03-12 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA488 | Update on PKK Violence (March 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no Turkish se [...] | 2008-03-13 03:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA524 | TREASURY MINISTER SAYS NO NEW IMF STAND-BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Minister Mehmet Simsek was widely reported in the press March 17 as saying that Turkey did not need a new stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Simsek said the GOT is considering other types of agreements with the IMF after the current stand-by a [...] | 2008-03-19 05:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
08ANKARA525 | Update on PKK Violence (March 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no Turkish s [...] | 2008-03-19 10:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA527 | TURKEY REVISES GDP UP SHARPLY, BUT NEGATIVE TREND [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkstat, the Turkish statistical agency, released a long-awaited GDP revision on March 8, increasing Turkey's 2006 GDP by 31.6%, and making upward revisions to all Turkish GDP calculations since 1998. Final 2007 GDP figures will be released on March 31, and the upward revisio [...] | 2008-03-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
08ANKARA530 | TURKISH RESPONSE ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] (SBU) On March 19, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department Head for Multilateral Economic Affairs Serap Ozcoskun. She agreed to share reftel points with the Turkish mission to the OECD. She noted the information has already been discussed in an inf [...] | 2008-03-19 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CM TW OECD TU |
08ANKARA542 | NEW R&D LAW GIVES MORE INCENTIVES FOR PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary: We met with Dr. Omer Anlagan, Vice President of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK),to discuss the current state of research and development (R&D) in Turkey, and TUBITAK's expectations for the new R&D law, which passed on February 28. Turkey [...] | 2008-03-20 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU EIND TPHY TNGD |
08ANKARA56 | Update on PKK Violence (January 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 1 - 7, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...] | 2008-01-11 07:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA566 | Update on PKK Violence (March 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 16-23, 2008 reporting period, no Turkish [...] | 2008-03-26 09:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA584 | PARLIAMENT PASSES ANOTHER LAW TO SAVE CARGILL'S SWEETENER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Parliament yesterday passed an amendment to the Soil Protection and Land Use Law that is intended to protect several thousand companies from closure, including Cargill's Orhangazi sweetener plant. This is the third attempt by the ruling party AKP to give an amnesty t [...] | 2008-03-28 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EINV ETRD TU |
08ANKARA591 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT PRESENTS REVISED SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: After reaching an agreement with most unions on March 25, the GOT presented a revised Social Security Reform law directly to the parliament floor on March 27. The revised bill raises the number of "premium days" a worker would need to work before being eligible for a pension [...] | 2008-03-28 21:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
08ANKARA610 | TURKEY: COMPREHENSIVE EU ANTI-TIP PROJECT LAUNCHED [...] (U) In a standing room-only ceremony March 19, Turkish Ministry of Interior (MOI) Deputy Under Secretary Alim Barum, IOM Chief of Mission Maurizio Busatti, and European Commission Delegation Institution Building and Civil Society Section Head Michael Vogel inaugurated a two-year, three millio [...] | 2008-04-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA631 | TURKEY: U.S. AUSTRALIA GROUP PROPOSALS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC CBW TU |
08ANKARA636 | Update on PKK Violence (March 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 24-31, 2008 reporting period, three Turkis [...] | 2008-04-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA645 | EL KADI'S ASSETS REMAIN FROZEN IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) On April 2, the Administrative Court Council rejected the appeal of Saudi national Yassin el Kadi to release his frozen assets. El Kadi had appealed to vacate an earlier decision by the Danistay, or Council of State, that reconfirmed the authority of the Turkish Government to freeze hi [...] | 2008-04-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN TU |
08ANKARA695 | Update on PKK Violence (April 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one village g [...] | 2008-04-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA723 | TURKEY: COURT RULINGS LEAVE FOREIGNERS' LAND PURCHASE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Constitutional Court has issued two opinions this year striking down parts of two different laws that had allowed foreigners to purchase real estate in Turkey. A January ruling struck down provisions of the Title Deed Law that allowed foreign individuals to purch [...] | 2008-04-18 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BEXP TU |
08ANKARA724 | Update on PKK Violence (April 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK-related violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two s [...] | 2008-04-18 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA730 | Subject: Turkey: Parliament Passes Amended Social Security [...] (U) Summary: The Turkish Parliament approved an amended version of the Social Security Reform bill on April 18, after a three-week debate. The vote was 225 - 55. The bill will become law after President Gul signs it and it is published in the Official Gazette. 2. (SBU) The Parliament mad [...] | 2008-04-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BEXP TU |
08ANKARA778 | Update on PKK Violence (April 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK-related violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 16-23, 2008 reporting period, six [...] | 2008-04-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA861 | Update on PKK Violence (April 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 24-30, 2008 reporting period, seven securi [...] | 2008-05-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA862 | Turkey Re-launches Privatization of Electricity [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. On April 28, the Privatization Agency (PA) announced that the GOT's long-delayed privatization of electricity distribution companies would re-start. Privatization was delayed in January 2007 to avoid raising electricity prices prior to July 2007 parliamentary elect [...] | 2008-05-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
08ANKARA902 | GSP PROGRAM VITAL TO TURKISH EXPORTERS [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish officials and businessmen have already begun expressing their concern about this year's review of Turkey's participation in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program. Turkey's GSP exports account for one-quarter of its total $4.6 billion exports to the U.S. A [...] | 2008-05-09 16:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON TU |
08ANKARA912 | Turkey's Pledges USD 1 Million in Assistance to Burma [...] (SBU) On May 7, the Government of Turkey announced a USD 1 million pledge of humanitarian assistance to Burma to help alleviate suffering in the aftermath of tropical cyclone Nargis. Turkey will work through the United Nations to make good on its assistance pledge. The Turkish Disaster Manag [...] | 2008-05-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI TU XC |
08ANKARA947 | Update on PKK Violence (May 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one security of [...] | 2008-05-16 11:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA956 | Update on PKK Violence (May 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 8-15, 2008 reporting period, seven security [...] | 2008-05-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
08ANKARA989 | TURKEY: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP TRGY MNUC IR TU |
08ANTANANARIVO137 | COMOROS WAITS FOR ZUMA; ASSEMBLES HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros and the Moroni diplomatic corps await South African (RSA) Foreign Minister Dlamini-Zuma's decision regarding when an international delegation might deliver an ultimatum to renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar of Anjouan. The Union has obtai [...] | 2008-02-19 11:35:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO138 | PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON COMOROS [...] (SBU) As noted Reftel, the French Government has issued a strong statement of support for the Union of the Comoros and a condemnation of the illegitimate authorities governing the island of Anjouan. A rough translation follows in Paragraph Two. This comes in advance of French (and U.S.) part [...] | 2008-02-19 12:42:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC FR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO157 | Mission to Anjouan - Bacar Still Intransigent [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar remained intransigent before an international delegation delivering an ultimatum February 27. The delegation later informed Union President Ahmed Sambi who was unsurprised, disappointed, and intent on a military solution to restore the [...] | 2008-02-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO159 | COMOROS 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silvana Rodriguez. Ms. Rodriguez can be reached via email at RodriguezSD [at] state.gov, via telephone at 261.20.22.212.57, or via facsimile at 261.20.22.251.71. POLOFF Rodriguez spent approximately two hours preparing this report [...] | 2008-02-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CN |
08ANTANANARIVO162 | MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or des 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silva 3. (U) As requested in Ref A, Embassy Antananarivo submits the followi -- 27 A-D. (U) Available statistics and reports do not indicate that Ma [...] | 2008-02-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA |
08ANTANANARIVO164 | MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values; poverty; low-level corruption; lack of a [...] | 2008-02-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA |
08ANTANANARIVO179 | ISLANDS TENSELY AWAIT MILITARY ACTION [...] (U) The three islands in the Union of the Comoros tensely await impending military action. African Union (AU) Representative Mourad Taiati told international reporters in Moroni on March 4 that, "Today, everyone has taken our [AU] position. [Mohamed Bacar] is isolated and the military operati [...] | 2008-03-06 14:13:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO181 | MADAGASCAR/COMOROS RESPONSE RE FISCAL [...] (SBU) Post replies to Reftel questions below for Madagascar: Madagascar - - - - - - - - - - A. Host country's budget is made public. B. Budget is made public via publication. C. Revenues and expenditures: The GOM has worked at length with the World Bank and other donors to imp [...] | 2008-03-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL MA CN |
08ANTANANARIVO192 | Comoros: Colonel Bacar Letter to Secretary Rice [...] (SBU) In an apparent response to the Ambassador's March 7 op-ed in the Comoran media endorsing Union and African Union actions, Anjouan's Colonel Bacar sent Post a letter for Secretary Rice on March 11. In it, Bacar repeats the same legal-constitutional arguments he made during 2007 in Cape T [...] | 2008-03-12 09:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO195 | Why We Should Help the Comoros with Maritime Logistical [...] (SBU) As I write this, AU troops from Tanzania and Senegal, and perhaps also Sudan and Libya, are arriving in Moroni, on Grande Comore Island, by various means. According to the Union government, over 1,000 foreign troops are expected to come augment their own "Army of National Development" [...] | 2008-03-13 09:31:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO200 | Comorans Describe Transport Needs; Op Plan Pending [...] (SBU) Union of the Comoros Defense Minister Dossar sent the Ambassador March 13 a two-page fax outlining "characteristics of the boat needed" to support the combined Comoran/AU military action against Anjouan (complete translation below). While helpful, this is clearly insufficient detail and [...] | 2008-03-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO212 | "RAIDS" ESCALATE TO ARMED CONFLICT ON ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Contacts in the Comoros report a Union Army (AND) "raid" on Anjouan beginning March 15 has turned into a series of battles. Having reportedly freed eight prisoners and taken two minor casualties, part of the AND landing force returned to its staging point in Moheli. However, a small AND [...] | 2008-03-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO224 | LIFE IN A "WILD WEST" SAPPHIRE MINING TOWN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ilakaka, a town in Madagascar's southwest, is known both for the lucrative sapphire trade and its social consequences, including crime and exploitative labor. Most stories depict a dangerous town reminiscent of the "Wild West," where men stroll around carrying guns on their hips. [...] | 2008-03-19 14:06:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM SMIG ECON ELAB EAID SOCI MA |
08ANTANANARIVO228 | SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Actions Requested: Post recommends the Department issue a statement setting the record straight on the Anjouan problem in the Comoros. Suggested points in para 4. Post also recommends the Department pursue efforts to support Comoros' request that the UN Security Council not take up th [...] | 2008-03-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO230 | FORMER COMORAN PRESIDENT AZALI POSITIONS HIMSELF [...] (SBU) With increasing political and military activity in the Union of the Comoros (REFTEL),former Union President Assoumani Azali has stepped up his communication with Embassy Antananarivo. The latest was a statement from his political party, the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) [...] | 2008-03-20 12:30:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO235 | OPERATION TO TAKE BACK ANJOUAN MEETS LITTLE RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Post has confirmed a force composed of Union Army soldiers and 80 to 100 Tanzanian soldiers under the African Union (AU) aegis landed on the Comoran island of Anjouan overnight from March 24 to 25 to take back the island from recalcitrant leader Colonel Mohamed Bacar. The assault began a [...] | 2008-03-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN |
08ANTANANARIVO236 | TIM SWEEPS MADAGASCAR'S "REGIONAL COUNSELOR" ELECTIONS [...] (U) Unofficial results from Madagascar's first-ever elections for regional counselors on March 16 show the ruling TIM party won almost all of the 147 seats throughout the country. In a number of regions, only TIM candidates ran. Results are still being counted, but the average participation r [...] | 2008-03-25 11:50:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
08ANTANANARIVO242 | ANJOUAN CALM, FRENCH IN HOT WATER IN MORONI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan remains calm following Union of the Comoros and African Union deployment to the island with no resistance from Colonel Bacar's forces (REFTEL). Union Vice President Ikililou will lead an interim island government in Anjouan until elections can be held. Rumors continue [...] | 2008-03-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO257 | COMOROS QUIET BUT TENSE AS IT PONDERS NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the swearing in of the Interim President of Anjouan (reftel),African Union (AU) and Union Army troops remain on alert against potential violence on the island of Anjouan. The mood in the Comoros is quiet but tense as people await France's decision regarding the legal [...] | 2008-04-03 14:12:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO277 | LETTER TO POTUS FROM COMORAN PRESIDENT - APRIL 7 [...] (U) Paragraph Two contains an informal Embassy translation of a letter in French from Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, for President George Bush. It was delivered via faxed copy of a Diplomatic Note dated April 7, 2008. A scanned copy of the French original [...] | 2008-04-09 14:10:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SOCI OPDC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO281 | MADAGASCAR'S POSITION ON ZIMBABAWE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CASC ZI MA |
08ANTANANARIVO286 | LETTER TO POTUS FROM COMORAN PRESIDENT - APRIL 10 [...] (U) Paragraph Two contains an informal translation of this week's second letter in French from Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, for President George Bush. Reftel contains the text of the first letter. It was delivered via faxed copy of a Diplomatic Note dat [...] | 2008-04-11 10:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SOCI OPDC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO31 | COLONEL BACAR CRACKS DOWN ON ANJOUAN RESIDENTS [...] (U) Tension continues to escalate throughout the Union of the Comoros. With the possibility of a Union Army landing to take back Anjouan growing every day (refs),Colonel Mohamed Bacar is consolidating his control over the island. He is reportedly positioning his forces at the hospital in the [...] | 2008-01-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO325 | TIM SHARES SENATE WITH TOKEN OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (U) Madagascar's new Senate, reduced from 90 to 33 members, is now official. On April 25, the High Constitutional Court announced the names of the 22 senators, one for each of the 22 regions, chosen in indirect elections on April 20; all hail from the ruling TIM party. In a surprise move -- r [...] | 2008-04-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
08ANTANANARIVO332 | RAVALOMANANA RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (U) President Ravalomanana announced a new cabinet late April 30, naming five new Ministers and minor organizational changes. This second reshuffle in six months was expected after the recent Senate election (REFTEL). The complete new line-up is in Para 6. 2. (U) Both Minister of Decent [...] | 2008-05-02 06:47:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
08ANTANANARIVO39 | MALAGASY MFA VIEWS ON COMORAN IMPASSE [...] (SBU) Malagasy Foreign Affairs Secretary General Mboara Andriarimanana and Cabinet Director Michel Martin Rajoelina shared their views on the current Comoros impasse with the Ambassador January 16. Both were very well "read-in" on the Comoran state of play, having followed reports from the Ma [...] | 2008-01-16 14:12:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID MOPS PINR CN MA |
08ANTANANARIVO399 | GOODS PRODUCED BY CHILD LABOR IN MADAGASCAR AND THE [...] (U) Per REF A, Post provides the following information regarding the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in Madagascar and the Comoros. MADAGASCAR - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Post has previously reported on cases of child labor, mostly within the family unit, in the sapphire mine [...] | 2008-06-03 15:04:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM GTIP SMIG ELAB MA CN |
08ANTANANARIVO4 | DUELING NEW YEARS ADDRESSES IN COMOROS [...] (U) In his annual New Year's Eve speech addressing the nation, Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi called the crisis on Anjouan one of the defining events of 2007. However, he reassured the people, "the liberation of Anjouan" is due in early 2008; his next speech will announce the day the Nat [...] | 2008-01-03 13:42:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO40 | COMOROS REQUESTS FOLLOW-UP ON BILATERAL TALK REQUESTS [...] (U) Ambassador Marquardt met with Acting Foreign Minister Mourad Said Ibrahim January 11 for a review of bilateral relations in the wake of A/S Frazer's visit, which had focused on the Anjouan crisis (REF A). After reaffirming the mutual hope that USG involvement will assist in resolving that [...] | 2008-01-16 14:12:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO439 | ANJOUAN ISLAND ELECTIONS CALM, RUNOFF SCHEDULED [...] (U) Official results from the Anjouan island presidential elections released by the Constitutional Court (CC) on June 18 show candidates Mohamed Djaanfari and Moussa Toybou well ahead of the other three candidates. Djaanfari won 44.18 percent of the vote, while Toybou came in a close second w [...] | 2008-06-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN |
08ANTANANARIVO440 | GOM WELCOMES MADAGASCAR'S TIER ONE TIP STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 12, in conjunction with the World Day Against Child Labor, Embassy Antananarivo organized a digital videoconference (DVC) featuring Ambassador Mark Lagon and Director of the Office for East Africa James Knight from Washington with high-level representatives from the Gover [...] | 2008-06-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB EAID MA |
08ANTANANARIVO443 | COMORAN PRESIDENT VISITS IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and a high-ranking political and economic Comoran delegation arrived in Tehran for a three-day visit that included meetings with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Foreign Minis [...] | 2008-06-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO499 | COMOROS RESHUFFLE PORTENDS FEW CHANGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi reshuffled his cabinet with only minor changes. Main embassy interlocutors remained largely the same, with the exception of Abdourahim Bacar, who was downgraded from Minister of Education to Minister of Post and Te [...] | 2008-07-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO523 | COMOROS REJECTS CITIZENSHIP BILL FOR STATELESS ARABS [...] (U) The Union of the Comoros' Parliament recently rejected a bill that would confer Comoran citizenship on people in exchange for financial investment in the real estate market. According to Comoran Vice President Idi Nadhoim, in 1997 the Kuwaiti Government approached the Comoros with a propos [...] | 2008-07-29 09:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM CN |
08ANTANANARIVO524 | MADAGASCAR'S FLAWED BUDGET PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly of the Republic of Madagascar passed a supplemental budget to pay off arrears and to address the rising costs of food and fuel on the local population (REF A). The supplemental budget is financed by higher-than-expected local tax revenues as well as an in [...] | 2008-07-29 10:29:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR MA |
08ANTANANARIVO527 | MADAGASCAR'S POSITION ON ZIMBABAWE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 04:35:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CASC ZI MA |
08ANTANANARIVO53 | SEABOARD FIGHTS FOR LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seaboard Corporation continues to report difficulty in doing business in Madagascar, citing unfair competition from the President's TIKO conglomerate. Seaboard's Madagascar country manager has concluded the President is trying to force them out of the market. Seaboard has begun [...] | 2008-01-23 06:27:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON MA |
08ANTANANARIVO531 | COMORANS PROTEST ACUTE FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (U) Hundreds of Comorans took to the streets of Moroni this week to protest acute fuel shortages. The demonstrators, many of them taxi drivers, remained peaceful and carried banners critical of President Sambi. 2. (SBU) EmbOffs (who visited the Comoros July 23-30) found fuel virtually un [...] | 2008-07-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO539 | PRESIDENT SAMBI'S CAR STONED IN ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Police contacts reported Comoran President Ahmed Sambi's car was stoned by angry protestors in Anjouan August 1. Presidential security forces fired in the air to disperse the crowds, who were venting their frustration with acute fuel shortages (Reftel). 2. (SBU) An Embassy NGO conta [...] | 2008-08-05 09:56:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO572 | Fatigued Comorans Anxious About Ramadan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fuel stocks are dwindling without another shipment confirmed, leading Comorans to fear Ramadan celebrations will be affected. President Sambi's popularity remains low and is not helped by his frequent absences. In this context, the GOC will convene a planning meeting August 2 [...] | 2008-08-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV PHUM PREL ENRG ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO591 | Comoran Dialogue Process Stumbles Out Of The Gate [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a week of intense negotiations with Union of the Comoros officials and other stakeholders, African Union Special Envoy Madeira succeeded September 1 in achieving an agreement in principle for modalities to set up a preparatory committee for the long-awaited Inter-Como [...] | 2008-09-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN PGOV |
08ANTANANARIVO606 | Comorans Disagree On How (And If) To Talk [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two weeks of intense mediation efforts by African Union Special Envoy Madeira, the Comorans are scarcely closer to sitting down to plan for inter-island talks. President Sambi showed his cards September 5, indicating to diplomats he will hold a referendum to "fix institu [...] | 2008-09-08 07:16:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO620 | Comoran Dialogue Depends on Sambi's Leadership [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on President Sambi to take leadership and reach out to the opposition to make progress toward the pending "Inter-Comoran Dialogue". In bilateral discussions and in joint meetings with international community colleagues, the Ambassador encouraged Union and [...] | 2008-09-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO638 | MADAGASCAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) On September 19, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Harifera Rabemananjara, Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation, and Misalintsoa Irodia, Acting Secretary General, at the Malagasy MFA. Rabemananjara said she would pass our key points to the Malagasy mission in New York, but caut [...] | 2008-09-22 07:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA MA |
08ANTANANARIVO67 | GEOTHERMAL ENERGY TOP COMORAN ECONOMIC PRIORITY [...] This is an Action Request; see Paragraph Five. 2. SUMMARY: In a January 11 letter to Secretary Rice, Comoran Vice President Idi Nadhoim officially requested U.S. government financial assistance to assess geothermal energy potential in the Comoros. Echoing President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's r [...] | 2008-01-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV PREL EAID ENRG CN |
08ANTANANARIVO683 | Comoran Dialogue Blocked, Referendum More Likely [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sambi offered no assurances to the opposition in his Eid message, instead suggesting he will hold a referendum on the constitution. Opposition members declared October 5 that they opposed any revision of the constitution, rejected "dialogue" on Sambi's terms, and dem [...] | 2008-10-08 12:40:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO69 | TURTLE SMUGGLERS CAPTURED [...] A South African national was recently arrested in Madagascar for attempting to smuggle rare turtles out of the country. This incident follows a recent arrest in the French territory of Mayotte where smugglers were apprehended with 20 endangered turtles from Madagascar. Malagasy customs enfor [...] | 2008-01-28 13:38:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV CH MA |
08ANTANANARIVO692 | UNDP Comoros "Millennium Island" Project [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Comoros has a proposal for the island of Moheli (population 40,000) to be a UN "Millennium Village." By significantly increasing interventions and coordinating the efforts of all partners, the Millennium Village concept seeks t [...] | 2008-10-09 13:30:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV KDEM PHUM CN |
08ANTANANARIVO70 | COMOROS AS VIEWED FROM MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate meetings January 23 with Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva, and January 24 with Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara, the Ambassador sought Malagasy views of the current crisis in the Comoros. Both expressed frustration at the ongoing instability in their neighbor an [...] | 2008-01-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS MA CN |
08ANTANANARIVO716 | French Update on Comoros-Mayotte Issue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France and the Comoros continue to address the Mayotte issue bilaterally, notwithstanding the Comoros' "symbolic" effort to raise the question at the UN General Assembly. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) French Ambassador to the Comoros Hallade told Comoros Officer October 24 that [...] | 2008-10-27 05:14:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PGOV CN |
08ANTANANARIVO717 | Anjouan Authorities Concerned About Security [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan president Toybou fears former Bacar loyalists will take action once African Union forces withdraw from his island. He has asked the Union government to seek to extend the mandate of the Tanzanian forces and to train a new police force. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Anjou [...] | 2008-10-27 05:15:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO729 | MADAGASCAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN CLONING [...] (SBU) On October 29, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Mialy Andrianaivo, Chief of Political and Security Affairs, and currently Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Andrianaivo was informed on the issue, having worked on the 2005 declaration, altho [...] | 2008-10-31 05:25:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO UNESCO PREL MA |
08ANTANANARIVO750 | SCENESETTER FOR CJTF-HOA REAR ADMIRAL GREENE VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 14:02:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP MARR MAP ASEC MA |
08ANTANANARIVO764 | ANTANANARIVO: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT RESPONSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOM set high goals in 2007 with a string of legislative achievements and hands-on efforts to push the administration's fight against child labor and human trafficking into the field via training programs, victim's assistance, and awareness campaigns. This drive seems to hav [...] | 2008-11-14 07:16:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP MA |
08ANTANANARIVO771 | AU SUMMIT PLANNING: DATES SET, STILL SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With seven months left before the African Union's annual summit descends upon Madagascar, Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara finally convened the Antananarivo diplomatic corps to announce the dates (June 21 to July 3, 2009, with the heads of state here July 1-2 -- a change fro [...] | 2008-11-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AU MA KSUM |
08ANTANANARIVO772 | ELECTORAL REFORM ON A SLOW ROAD TO NOWHERE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ravalomanana pledged to undertake needed electoral reforms following senate elections in April 2008; however, the GOM has taken no action on these issues, instead leaving the ball in civil society's court. Civil society groups, while in broad agreement on goals, have [...] | 2008-11-18 15:10:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AORC SOCI MA |
08ANTANANARIVO778 | SUBJECT: COMOROS POLITICAL FIGHT PUTS IMF DEAL IN JEOPARDY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CN |
08ANTANANARIVO78 | ANJOUAN'S COLONEL BACAR ON FRANCOPHONIE VISIT [...] (SBU) In a public announcement, Anjouan's renegade Colonel Bacar offered his spin on talks with La Francophonie Envoy Salifou January 23. Bacar said he held talks with Salifou on "the crisis born of the Union Government's arbitrary decision to postpone island elections in Anjouan and other [...] | 2008-01-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO804 | AF/E Director Knight Visit to the Comoros [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AF/E Director Knight advocated for transparency and reconciliation with GOC interlocutors during his visit to the Comoros November 22-25. Director Knight also followed up on "Bilateral Commission" items from the September 18 meetings in Washington. END SUMMARY. Our Dreams [...] | 2008-12-04 08:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO809 | Comoros National Assembly Passes (Sort Of) Economic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diplomatic corps was twice convoked December 3 for contradictory versions of recent events at the National Assembly on a vote for an "economic citizenship" law. First, National Assembly President Bounou and Grande Comore Island President Abdouwahabi (both opposition leaders [...] | 2008-12-05 06:47:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EINV PREL PGOV CN |
08ANTANANARIVO821 | Comoran President Sambi Popular and Assertive [...] SUMMARY: With life again relatively normal in the Comoros, President Sambi is riding a renewed tide of popularity; fuel and power supplies are adequate and the general mood is hopeful. The President remains committed to reconciliation and democracy, but his priority is economic development. [...] | 2008-12-10 07:37:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON CN |
08ANTANANARIVO831 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE MODEL [...] (SBU) On December 11, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche and associated documentation to Ms. Harifera Rabemananjara, Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation, and GOM POC on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In contrast to previous [...] | 2008-12-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER PREL KGIC MA |
08ANTANANARIVO835 | Union of the Comoros Cabinet Reshuffle [...] (U) President Sambi announced a new cabinet December 12, reducing from 15 to 10 Union Ministers (including the two VPs who have ministerial portfolios),in line with IMF recommendations on the size of government. There are no new officials; all 10 were in the most recent cabinet. They took o [...] | 2008-12-15 10:36:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON CN |
08ANTANANARIVO84 | MADAGASCAR ADOPTS NEW INVESTMENT LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: In thorough consultation with Malagasy and international private sector, and with donors, the GOM drafted and adopted a new Investment Law to facilitate business entry into Madagascar. The law is a significant improvement in facilitating investment and makes the Economic Developm [...] | 2008-01-31 10:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN PGOV MA |
08ANTANANARIVO848 | MADAGASCAR TO REMAIN ABSENT ON IRAN VOTE [...] (SBU) On December 17, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation Harifera Rabemananjara. Rabemananjara confirmed that the GOM's position on both the non-action motion and the human rights resolution remained unchanged, and said that Madagascar would likely [...] | 2008-12-18 13:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MA |
08ANTANANARIVO850 | GOM NOTIFIED OF LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA TERRORIST [...] (SBU) The names and talking points provided in reftel were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Malagasy financial intelligence unit (SAMIFIN),and the Central Bank on December 18. Post will report any substantive responses received from the GOM. MARQUARDT [...] | 2008-12-19 07:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC MA |
08ANTANANARIVO871 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION [...] (U) On December 23, the Charge and Russian DCM Dmitri Kirizliev delivered reftel joint demarche to MFA Secretary General Mboara Andrianarimanana, inviting Malagasy participation in the 2009 Global Initiative plenary meeting in The Hague. He responded that the GOM intends to be present, most l [...] | 2008-12-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MA |
08APIA47 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-06 01:16:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM WS |
08ASHGABAT1002 | TURKMENISTAN'S COMMERCIAL BANKS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's banking system consists of 11 banks. All Turkmen banks are owned and run by the state, which controls virtually all economic activities. The primary goal of these banks is to serve as financial clearingho [...] | 2008-08-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN BEXP TX |
08ASHGABAT1004 | TURKMENISTAN SIGNALS INTEREST IN DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to a meeting request by the Ministry of Textile Industry of Turkmenistan, USAID's Project Development Officer Andrew Maybrook, USAID Project Specialist Serdar Yagmurov, and Bearing Point Deputy Chief of [...] | 2008-08-01 10:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT1007 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CSTC-A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...] | 2008-08-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM |
08ASHGABAT1008 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...] | 2008-08-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM |
08ASHGABAT1010 | TURKMENISTAN: INFORMATION ON MODALITIES TO REALIZE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Charge met with Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov August 4 to reaffirm U.S. support for an early gas option and to convey a non-paper on options. Meredov read the entire document and noted that it offered very [...] | 2008-08-04 11:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT1040 | TURKMENISTAN: PRISON ALLOWS INMATES TIME AWAY WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A minimum-security prison in Mary province allows prisoners furloughs of up to one week in duration to spend time with their family in a nearby village. The Turkish A/DCM told us he had recently visited a Turkish citizen, wh [...] | 2008-08-11 14:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT1045 | TURKMENISTAN: ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF ITS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Few would disagree that China's relationship with Turkmenistan centers almost exclusively on its expanding energy partnership and trade. Regular political and economic engagement between the two states during [...] | 2008-08-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV EIND CH TX |
08ASHGABAT1049 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER 6-9 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...] | 2008-08-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ECON KDEM MARR SCUL SOCI SNAR |
08ASHGABAT1051 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our continuing bilateral dialogue. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...] | 2008-08-13 06:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EPET SCUL SOCI KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1058 | TURKMENISTAN: BUSINESS REFORMS SUGGEST CONTINUING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan's efforts to rewrite laws affecting foreign businessmen are beginning to take hold, according to four U.S. businessmen active in Turkmenistan. All agreed that the scale of recent reforms suggests a lo [...] | 2008-08-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT106 | TURKMENISTAN: WHY THERE'S HOPE: INDPENDENT STUDENTS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In December and January, Embassy Ashgabat's Consular Section interviewed dozens of students studying in the United States but not on U.S. government programs who had returned to Turkmenistan for the holidays but plan [...] | 2008-01-22 09:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI CVIS TX |
08ASHGABAT1062 | TURKMENISTAN: ONLY SMALL MENTION OF GEORGIA IN TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In line with usual practices, Turkmenistan's state-controlled news media has been almost entirely silent on the war in Georgia. However, the August 14 edition of the Turkmen language "Watan" newspaper carried a short artic [...] | 2008-08-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1063 | TURKMENISTAN FOOD MARKET - IMPACT OF UNIFIED CURRENCY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Three months after the unification of the government's dual currency exchange rates, prices for imported food items, including cooking oil, sugar and butter decreased 10 percent on average, returning to December 2007 price [...] | 2008-08-15 04:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT1066 | TURKMENISTAN: GTZ LEGAL REFORM SEMNAR FEATURED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The typical front page of the official Neutralniy Turkmenistan newspaper features the activities of President Berdimuhamedov, including Cabinet of Ministers' meetings and the president's meetings with foreign dignitaries. [...] | 2008-08-15 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1069 | TURKMENISTAN: MFA ISSUES DECIDEDLY NEUTRAL PRESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) In the August 16 edition of the official Neytralniy Turkmenistan newspaper, the MFA issued a press statement on South Ossetia: Begin unofficial translation: Turkmenistan expresses its deep concerns and sympathy about tra [...] | 2008-08-18 08:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT107 | TURKMENISTAN: WHY THERE'S HOPE: INDEPENDENT STUDENTS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In December and January, Embassy Ashgabat's Consular Section interviewed dozens of students studying in the United States but not on U.S. government programs who had returned to Turkmenistan for the holidays but plan [...] | 2008-01-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI CVIS TX |
08ASHGABAT1071 | TURKMENISTAN: STUDENTS BEGIN TO LOOK TO OVERSEAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: There has been a new trend in college admissions this year in Turkmenistan: due to extremely limited slots and extraordinarily high bribes to get in Turkmen universities, thousands of Turkmen high school graduate [...] | 2008-08-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1075 | TURKMENISTAN: CABINET MEETING FOCUSES ON STATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In addition to announcing that Turkmenistan's People's Congress will meet on September 26 to review and approve the draft constitution and talk briefly about the situation of South Ossetia, President Berdimuhame [...] | 2008-08-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB EPET CH JO TX |
08ASHGABAT1076 | TURKMENISTAN: CITIZENS SIDE WITH RUSSIA ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The events in Georgia remain a hot topic of discussion for many Turkmen. The predominance of Russian media continues to color people's perception of the conflict. And, not surprisingly, many locals take a decided [...] | 2008-08-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT108 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF MOTOR TRANSPORT WANTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 7 meeting, officials of Turkmenistan's Ministry of Motor Transport, responsible for passenger and cargo safety on Turkmenistan's roads, expressed interest in learning more about how U.S. municipal [...] | 2008-01-22 10:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON ELTN TX |
08ASHGABAT1086 | TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF TRADE WANTS TO PURCHASE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. See para. 4. 3. (U) Wepa Kariyev, Head of Foreign Economic Relations at the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, called Econoff on August 19 with an urgent request for contact informa [...] | 2008-08-19 12:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT1087 | INSIDE TURKMENISTAN'S DISCOTHEQUES -- HITCH UP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's clubs represent an opportunity for young people to dress and act more liberally. At the same time, youth maintain a sense of modesty and do not seriously challenge cultural traditions. Many Turkme [...] | 2008-08-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1092 | TURKMENISTAN'S GAY UNDERGROUND: HIDDEN, GROWING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Officially nonexistent and a taboo topic, Turkmenistan's gay population is finding partners with greater frequency. Men will first meet in public places and then clandestinely continue seeing each other, although [...] | 2008-08-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1094 | TURKMENISTAN: EARTHQUAKE RUMOR SHOWS DANGER OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The calm of the dead of night in Ashgabat was disturbed by residents flocking out to the streets and driving off to their country dachas in response to a rumor that an earthquake was imminent. This rumor turned ou [...] | 2008-08-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1095 | TURKMENISTAN'S GAY UNDERGROUND: HIDDEN, GROWING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Officially nonexistent and a taboo topic, Turkmenistan's gay population is finding partners with greater frequency. Men will first meet in public places and then secretly continue seeing each other, although the s [...] | 2008-08-21 04:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1100 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONALS GIVE COMMENTS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 12, diplomats from various Western embassies met at a UN-hosted roundtable to provide comments to Turkmenistan's draft constitution. On August 20, the UN resident coordinator "informally" passed those co [...] | 2008-08-22 04:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1102 | TURKMENISTAN'S MEDIA: WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT WANT? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently, President Berdimuhamedov again called for the state-controlled mass media to improve and to project Turkmenistan's image abroad and reflect the age of revival better. In addition, he has reprimanded a ma [...] | 2008-08-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1103 | TURKMENISTAN: TURKMENISTAN NOW HAS A NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's long-awaited new petroleum law entered into force on August 20, and all Turkmenistan's newsapers published a copy of the law in full on August 21. Embassy is passing an unofficial translation to the [...] | 2008-08-22 13:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT1104 | TURKMENISTAN: HIGH TURNOUT AT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The August 21-23 International Exhibit and Scientific Conference entitled "The Main Growth Trends of the Power Energy of Turkmenistan" was devoted to electrification and capacity of Turkmenistan's power stations. [...] | 2008-08-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT1116 | TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY PROVIDES JOBS, [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is developing a series of natural gas drilling and refinery complexes around Turkmenabat, near the Turkmen-Uzbek border. These complexes do not allow visitors without [...] | 2008-08-26 10:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT1119 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN MEDIA'S HEAVY INFLUENCE ON LOCAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an informal, unscientific survey of local citizens, post found general public support (approx. 75%) for Russia's point of view in the conflict with Georgia. There is a distinction between those who watch Russi [...] | 2008-08-26 12:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1129 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW BUILDINGS RISE IN TURKMENABAT, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenabat is growing, with large construction projects from Russian and Turkish firms. Projects include an "Olympic Stadium," schools, and hotels. Locals complain that food prices have risen recently -- possibly [...] | 2008-08-27 11:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT1136 | TURKMENISTAN: RESTORING VIRGINITY GAINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Strong cultural traditions demanding a girl be a virgin on her wedding night have made operations designed to surgically recreate the semblance of virginity more popular among young Turkmen women. While the operati [...] | 2008-08-28 12:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1145 | ELEVEN NEW NGOS REGISTERED IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 16, post requested an updated list of registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). A review of the list received on July 1 found that eleven new NGO [...] | 2008-09-02 07:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1148 | TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE PRESIDENT'S VISIT SWIMMING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese president's second visit here in less than a year offered a strong indication that bilateral cooperation, in particular on the planned Turkmenistan-China pipeline, is proceeding very well. If they [...] | 2008-09-02 20:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX CH |
08ASHGABAT115 | TURKMENISTAN: FORMER FULBRIGHTER INVOLVED IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with a law professor who is currently serving on an experts' working group in the national parliament, we learned about the process by which these groups are revising old or drafting new legislation [...] | 2008-01-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON ELAB TX |
08ASHGABAT1152 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERNET ACCESS HIGHLIGHTED ON FIRST DAY OF [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To mark the opening of the new school year, President Berdimuhamedov opened impressive white-marbled educational facilities that highlighted his emphasis on Internet and technology in the classroom and sports. S [...] | 2008-09-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT116 | TURMENISTAN'S CONSTRUCTION MINISTRY SHOWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 7 meeting at Turkmenistan's Ministry of Construction and Construction Materials Industry, officials representing all departments expressed enthusiasm about learning from the U.S. experience, espe [...] | 2008-01-23 10:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EIND SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1170 | CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to the 2003 Law on NGO Registration, which required all existing NGOs to re-register, USAID changed the focus of its civil society development program to work more closely with communities. This grass-ro [...] | 2008-09-05 04:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1173 | TURKMENISTAN: NGO ROUNDTABLE REVEALS CONTINUED OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol's meeting with NGO representatives revealed continued concerns about registration and government attitudes towards civil society activity. Most groups expressed hope that N [...] | 2008-09-05 07:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1175 | TURKMENISTAN: DAS KROL MEETING WITH EDUCATION LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a pleasant, introductory meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Education, Health, Science, Sports, and Tourism Hydyr Saparlyev desc [...] | 2008-09-05 07:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1176 | TURKEMINSTAN: DAS KROL MEETS WITH MEJLIS SPEAKER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 3 meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for South Central Asia (SCA) George Krol, Mejlis (Parliament) Speaker Akja Nurberdiyeva repeatedly lauded President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov' [...] | 2008-09-05 08:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1177 | TURKMENISTAN: PRIVATE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2007, President Berdimuhamedov's government has publicly acknowledged the drastic situation in the agricultural sector and has introduced several measures to improve it. The reforms, which follow two main tr [...] | 2008-09-05 09:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT1178 | TURKMENISTAN BEGINS TO REDISCOVER CINEMA... AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A former Soviet movie theater has reopened as the first dedicated, modern cinema in post-Independence Turkmenistan. Because of the wide availability of cheap pirated DVDs, video rental remains the most popular fo [...] | 2008-09-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1179 | EU/TURKMENISTAN: SEEKING TO ENGAGE DESPITE HUMAN [...] (SBU) During a September 3 courtesy call, the European Commission's Regional Political Affairs Adviser for Central Asian Countries, Alessandro Liamine, told the A/DCM that the European Commission is determined to move its relationship with Turkmenistan ahead. Although a number of EU countries [...] | 2008-09-05 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EU TX |
08ASHGABAT1189 | TURKMENISTAN: AN IRANIAN-AMERICAN BAHAI AT HOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboff's recent conversation with an elderly Iranian-American Bahai religious worker in Ashgabat revealed a refreshing exception to the problems faced by minority religious groups in Turkmenistan, including registered organizations. The fact that this Bahai community elder is a [...] | 2008-09-09 09:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL IR TX |
08ASHGABAT1194 | AIR NAVIGATION FEES REMOVED FROM BILL FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of Ashgabat Airport have presented a newly reworked bill for use by air crews using airport services in Ashgabat. The new bill does not reflect a charge for Air Navigation fees. This is a solution [...] | 2008-09-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS TX |
08ASHGABAT120 | TURKMENISTAN: AUTHORITIES BACK OFF HARASSSMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Working conditions for RFE/RL reporters took a dive in December and January as Turkmen authorities stepped up their efforts to stop RFE's radio reporting that has focused on the country's economic and institution [...] | 2008-01-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1214 | TURKMENISTAN ANNOUNCES NEW CURRENCY DENOMINATION PLAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. Summary: A new currency denomination plan to take effect in the new year creates a new manat equal in value to 5000 of the manats currently in circulation. Approximately 3 of the new manats will equal one USD, as opposed to the cu [...] | 2008-09-15 04:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT122 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT CREATES NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) During a January 18 meeting of Turkmenistan's National Security Council, President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree establishing a new State Agency for Combating Narcotics. The president said that he had made this decision "t [...] | 2008-01-24 09:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT1227 | TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME COUNCIL APPROVES USAID ACCOUNTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to a June 2 diplomatic note from USAID to the Supreme Council of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveyed on September 4 the "Turkmen Side's consent to implementation of the Cert [...] | 2008-09-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT123 | TURKMENISTAN: PREPARING TO CARRY OUT AUDIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) A January 23 article in "Neutralniyy Turkmenistan," "Turkmenistan's Colossal Petroleum Reserves to Be Confirmed by Independent Experts," indicated that the state firm, Turkmengeology, will shortly begin an assessment of real [...] | 2008-01-24 10:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT1233 | TURKMENISTAN: GRAY/MANN VISIT EXTENDS ACCURATE STATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following DAS Krol's successful visit and media coverage (reftel),state media favorably covered Energy Envoys C. Boyden Gray and Steven Mann's September 7-8 visit to Turkmenistan, their meeting with President Gurb [...] | 2008-09-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1234 | TURKMENISTAN: IMPORTED FOOD PRICES DOWN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Embassy's recent survey of food costs in Ashgabat confirms that imported food prices have gone down about 19% since a new customs law went into effect in August. Conversely, prices of locally produced staples [...] | 2008-09-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT1238 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE SECURITY COUNCIL CONVENED IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 15, President Berdimuhamedov held a session of Turkmenistan's State Security Council. During the proceedings, the president acknowledged that there had been significant casualties during last weekend's arme [...] | 2008-09-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT1242 | TURKMENISTAN: ELECTIONS, GOVERNMENT ACADEMY AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an expanded session of the Cabinet of Ministers on September 12, the president and cabinet officials discussed plans for December's parliamentary elections, which the international community will be invi [...] | 2008-09-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT125 | SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE FROM TURKMENISTAN ON HOSTING 2008 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 23 responded by diplomatic note to reftel demarche on preparing for the 2008 Central Asia TIFA meeting, stating that Turkmenistan "suggests holding the United States-Cen [...] | 2008-01-25 02:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TX XD |
08ASHGABAT1250 | TURKMENISTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The September 12-13 shootout has captured the attention of UN representatives and staff at the UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy, as the Center continues to seek to define its role and activities in the region. [...] | 2008-09-19 05:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF TX UN |
08ASHGABAT1252 | TURKMENISTAN: NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS USAID EDUCATION SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An article published on September 4 in Turkmenistan's leading daily (official) newspaper, "Neutral Turkmenistan," touted the achievements of teachers in Lebap province's School 11. The article stated that the scho [...] | 2008-09-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1253 | TURKMENISTAN: ECONOMIC POLICY PROJECT MOVES FORWARD ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 27-28, the Chief of Party for USAID's Economic Reforms to Enhance Competitiveness (EREC) program met with the director of the Institute for Strategic Planning and Economic Development (ISPED) and the Chai [...] | 2008-09-22 08:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT1273 | BACK TO SCHOOL IN TURKMENISTAN: SOME PROGRESS BUT PROBLEMS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: September 1 marked the beginning of the school year in Turkmenistan. This new school year brought more reforms, particularly expansions to the educational system that was decimated under the country's first presiden [...] | 2008-09-26 03:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1285 | TURKMENISTAN: FINAL HALK MASLAHATY SESSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On September 26, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamdov called to order the final session ever of Turkmenistan's Halk Maslahaty or People's Council. One of the main items on the agenda was for the body to approve the revised co [...] | 2008-09-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SNAR KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1292 | TURKMENISTAN: UNHCR HELPS REVISE LAW ON REFUGEES, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) office in Turkmenistan helps integrate a large group of former refugees and works with a much smaller group of current refugees. The UNHCR representative said the numbe [...] | 2008-09-29 13:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT1293 | TURKMENISTAN: LESS THAN 1700 PARDONED IN HONOR OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 27, state-run newspaper "Neytralniy Turkmenistan" published the government's list of prisoners who were to be pardoned and released, an annual tradition in honor of the "Night of Omnipotence" markin [...] | 2008-09-29 13:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT1295 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE COUNTER-NARCOTICS DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) DEA Special Agent William Gustafson, one of three officers comprising DEA's Tajikistan Country Office, visited Ashgabat September 5-9 to meet with representatives of Turkmenistan's new State Counter Narcotics Service [...] | 2008-09-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PINR PREL SNAR SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT130 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS DISCUSS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over dinner on January 9, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa told Ashgabat-based law enforcement donor community members that his meeting with President Berdim [...] | 2008-01-26 06:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR IR TX |
08ASHGABAT132 | TURKMENISTAN EDUCATION: GRADUATE STUDY RESUMES AFTER 10 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During a Cabinet of Ministers Meeting on January 15, President Berdimuhamedov formally reinstated graduate and postgraduate studies in Turkmenistan. Nearly six months earlier, during a televised event on June 12, 2007, at Tu [...] | 2008-01-28 07:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1330 | TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In his September 29 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Paul Dyck, Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev summarized measures taken by the Turkmenistan government to improve its trade relations [...] | 2008-10-08 07:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1332 | TURKMENAIR CHAIRMAN TO COMMERCE DAS DYCK: WE,LL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During his September 29-30 visit to Turkmenistan, Commerce Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Dyck met with the Chairman of the National Civil Aviation Service Gurbanyaz Tirkishov to discuss Boeing,s activities in T [...] | 2008-10-08 07:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1335 | TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRIES OF ECONOMY AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on September 30, the Minister of Economy and Development and the Minister of Agriculture told U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck that Turkmenistan ap [...] | 2008-10-08 07:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT135 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW STATE ORDER GIVES FARMERS FAVORABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 11, President Berdimuhamedov decreed that Dayhan Bank will offer loans with favorable terms to the Farmers' Union for purchasing agricultural equipment, fertilizers, and chemicals. This in effect will [...] | 2008-01-28 08:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR EFIN ECON ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT1350 | TURKMENISTAN: CHANGES IN FINAL CONSTITUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post conducted a comparative analysis of the July draft and the final adopted Turkmen Constitution to determine what changes had been made. The final document appears to have incorporated some changes that correl [...] | 2008-10-10 14:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1351 | TURKMENISTAN'S SABIT ALUMNI ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Alumni of the Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) program said at a reception held during the visit of U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck on September 29 that they [...] | 2008-10-11 08:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1353 | EBRD PREVIEWS TURKMENISTAN TRANSITION REPORT; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) Ashgabat office gave a preview of the Bank's annual Transition Report on Turkmenistan and discussed the consumer price index and inflation [...] | 2008-10-11 08:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EPET AORC SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1358 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) The October 14 issue of Neytralniy Turkmenistan contained an order appointing 35 year-old Annaguly Redjebovich Deryayev Minister of Oil and Gas Industry and Resources. Deryayev was born in 1973 in Ekerem in Balkan province. He graduated from the Turkmenistan Polytechnical Institute i [...] | 2008-10-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT1359 | TURKMENSITAN'S RESPONSE TO LONDON PLENARY SESSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the following diplomatic note, dated September 29, 2008, addressed to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of countries-participants of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF): Begin Text: [...] | 2008-10-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ECON KNNC TX |
08ASHGABAT1370 | TURKMENISTAN BUILDS AN OLYMPIC VILLAGE COMPLEX [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov loves sports. The pictures you see in the official press and the posters hung in the two Ashgabat stadiums show an active man, who loves to ride his bike along mountain roads. They also sh [...] | 2008-10-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EINV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1374 | TURKMENISTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN's Preventive Diplomacy Center in Ashgabat hosted the Central Asian deputy foreign ministers in a one-day forum to discuss regional challenges that include water, energy and Afghanistan, and to negotiate the e [...] | 2008-10-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SNAR UN TX |
08ASHGABAT1376 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT OPENS DESERT CITY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On October 17, President Berdimuhamedov, with government leaders and the diplomatic corps in tow, officially opened the model district of Ruhubelent. Ruhubelent, located about an hour's drive from the northern provincial cap [...] | 2008-10-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1378 | TURKMENISTAN: AFGHANS AND TURKMEN HOLD [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UNODC hosted a cross-border meeting between Afghan and Turkmen officials on October 17 at the border town of Serhetabat. Counter narcotics, migration, customs and other officials from both countries were in attend [...] | 2008-10-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT1384 | TURKMENISTAN: USAID/IREX OPENS EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On October 15, USAID and the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) formally opened a Center for Interactive Multimedia Learning at Turkmenistan's Supreme Council on Science and Technology (SCST). The cen [...] | 2008-10-21 10:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT1388 | TEN THOUSAND TONS OF U.S. CHICKEN IMPORTED INTO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On August 19, the embassy,s economic officer received an urgent phone call from Chief of the International Economic Relations Department of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations Wepa Garryev, with a request t [...] | 2008-10-21 13:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT139 | BITTER COLD DEADLY IN TURKMENISTAN'S NORTH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's abnormally cold temperatures this winter are taking a toll. Reports have surfaced that two military conscripts have died of exposure, and hundreds of head of livestock have perished in what has bee [...] | 2008-01-28 12:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1394 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW WEALTH FUND, BUDGET FIGURES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting on October 21, the government announced that Turkmenistan's 2009 state budget will be 39.5 percent higher than the 2008 budget. Expenditures on education and healthcar [...] | 2008-10-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT1398 | TURKMENISTAN: REVISED PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan's revised Law on Elections of Mejlis (parliament) Deputies, published without fanfare on October 15, contains a range of changes that will affect the election process, candidates, potential election observers, [...] | 2008-10-23 12:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT14 | TURKMENISTAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Text of Embassy Ashgabat's Investment Climate Statement for 2008 is as follows: BEGIN TEXT OF PART I OF II: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is a relatively large but sparsely inhabited country (about five million) with abundant hydrocarbon resources. The government reg [...] | 2008-01-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR TX |
08ASHGABAT1415 | TURKMENISTAN'S BUREAUCRACY FINDS IT HARD TO CORRECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Minor bureaucratic mistakes are difficult to correct in Turkmenistan, sometimes even when such corrections appear simple, easy and would help avoid more serious consequences. Recently, an error in dates in an MFA dip [...] | 2008-10-29 03:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1419 | TURKMENISTAN: DONORS TACKLE COORDINATION IN ACCOUNTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On October 18, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) organized a donor coordination meeting to discuss current and potential cooperation in support of Turkmenistan's eventual transition to International Fina [...] | 2008-10-30 03:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT1429 | TURKMENISTAN: ALLEGED CONSPIRATOR IN 2002 PLOT [...] (SBU) Post was able to confirm that Saparmurad Seidov, a named conspirator in the 2002 attack on former President Niyazov's motorcade, was released from prison, having served nearly all of his six-year sentence. A local embassy staff member who knows a friend of the family confirmed that he [...] | 2008-11-03 10:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT1470 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S. ELECTION EXCITEMENT IN THE MORNING FAILS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On the morning of November 5, Post hosted a well-attended U.S. election reception. Due to the time difference, attendees were able to track election results as polling stations closed across the United States. Pres [...] | 2008-11-07 05:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL OIIP KDEM KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1471 | TURKMENISTAN: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Murat Garriyev to discuss the commission's current activities in advance of the December 14 Mejlis (parliamentary) elections. He described some of the changes that occurred as a result of the revised Mejlis (parliame [...] | 2008-11-07 05:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1472 | TURKMENISTAN: COUPLE TORTURED DURING NIYAZOV ERA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 22, poloff met with entrepreneur Bazargeldy Berdiyev and his wife, Ayjemal, who asked for help in obtaining medical care for severe injuries Ayjemal suffered when she was detained and tortured by government authorities in 1998. Although both Bazargeldy and his wif [...] | 2008-11-07 09:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT1476 | TURKMENISTAN: UNEVEN MEDIA COVERAGE OF EMBASSY EVENTS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Coverage of Embassy events by state-controlled media was uneven during this two-month period. A state media journalist's questions at a press conference for a visiting commerce delegation in September were an une [...] | 2008-11-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1481 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF ENERGY ADMITS DELAYS DUE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry (MOEI) Yarmuhammet Orazgulyev told USAID on November 6 that the Ministry's specialists are struggling with the financial calculations to determine repayment ti [...] | 2008-11-10 11:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF TX |
08ASHGABAT1484 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan during the 13th Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Conference as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue concerning the further d [...] | 2008-11-12 06:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT1485 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post delivered demarche talking points regarding UNGA Third Committee voting on human rights resolutions on Iran, DPRK, and Burma via diplomatic note to the MFA on November 10. Any substantive response will be forwarded [...] | 2008-11-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT1486 | TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During a meeting with a visiting Emerson College professor of Political Communication, Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) Director Shirin Akhmedova said IDHR informally plays the role of ombudsman for citizens w [...] | 2008-11-13 04:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1490 | TURKMENISTAN: CHANGES TO MIGRATION LAW AFFECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently-approved amendments to the Law on Migration provide for stricter migration controls. Some provisions are vague. For example, there is language that permits authorities to bar a foreign citizen from e [...] | 2008-11-14 03:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT1491 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT SILENT ON OUTCOME OF COTTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the second year in a row, the Turkmen government has not released cotton production figures. Numerous challenges result in a harvest that falls short of the record harvests of the Soviet era. The impact of last year's increase in the price paid to cotton farmers, intended [...] | 2008-11-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EIND ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT1494 | TURKMENISTAN: MORE ON DUAL CITIZENSHIP STORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An October 31 Russian press article re-ignited a controversy that has been brewing in recent months about dual citizens' inability to obtain the new, high-tech Turkmen travel passport that the government began issuing in July. Two days later, the Turkmen MFA fired back an angr [...] | 2008-11-17 02:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1498 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S FIRST TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korea hosted the president of Turkmenistan for a two-day visit that centered on developing the economic relationship. The two countries explored cooperation in a variety of areas, including energy development and infrastructure modernization. A Korean diplomat in Ashg [...] | 2008-11-18 10:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT15 | TURKMENISTAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Text of Embassy Ashgabat's Investment Climate Statement for 2008 is as follows: BEGIN TEXT OF PART II OF II: RIGHT TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND ESTABLISHMENT Foreign and domestic private entities in Turkmenistan have the right to establish and own business enterprises, though this is as [...] | 2008-01-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR TX |
08ASHGABAT1505 | TURKMENISTAN: MARY PARLIAMENT CANDIDATES HAVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A November 14 meeting with the mayor and deputy mayor of the city of Mary revealed a reluctance to discuss substantive matters regarding the local election. One local candidate declined to explain his campaign platform because -- although the election is about a month away -- h [...] | 2008-11-21 05:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EIND SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1513 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW COMMERCIAL MARITIME CODE, TRADEMARK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan recently enacted three laws in the commercial sphere - a Commercial Maritime Code, a Trademark Protection Law, and a Law on Inventions and Industrial Designs. If the Trademark Protection Law and the La [...] | 2008-11-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT152 | TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH MEJLIS CHAIR A LESSON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial meeting with a recent visitor, the Chair of Turkmenistan's Mejlis presented a rosy picture of life in Turkmenistan for women, claiming that no challenges currently exist for them that require future [...] | 2008-01-31 10:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KWMN TX |
08ASHGABAT153 | TURKMENISTAN: "WARMING OF A PRODUCTIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," the official Russian-language government newspaper, published an article summarizing Senator Richard Lugar's Janury 24 letter to President Berdimuhamedov. The article mentioned Lugar's [...] | 2008-01-31 10:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID EAGR EPET KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1532 | PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 09:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV |
08ASHGABAT1542 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV VISIT TO GERMANY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Berdimuhamedov led a large delegation to Germany on November 13 for a three-day visit. According to German Deputy Chief of Mission Silke Hahn, it was not an official, state visit for Berdimuhamedov, because the [...] | 2008-11-28 09:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT1547 | TURKMENISTAN: LIVELY DEBATE AT ROUNDTABLE ON IMPROVING NGO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 17-18, USAID's partner International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) and the National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan (IDHR) organized a roundtable on Impr [...] | 2008-12-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1548 | TURKMENISTAN: PRE-ELECTION VISIT TO ABADAN REVEALS LITTLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent trip to Abadan city, just west of Ashgabat, PAO met with local officials to discuss preparations for upcoming parliamentary elections. PAO heard mostly standard Turkmen government replies about aspe [...] | 2008-12-02 03:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO OIIP TX |
08ASHGABAT1558 | COUNTERNARCOTICS DONORS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON PATH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a November 25 Mini Dublin Group meeting hosted by the Italians, donors discussed the need to continue offering practical counternarcotics training and the importance of encouraging Turkmen-Afghan cross-border [...] | 2008-12-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SNAR TX AF |
08ASHGABAT1559 | TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN TRADE SHOW IN ASHGABAT [...] (U) Several dozen Iranian companies exhibited their products at a large trade show in Ashgabat from November 28-30. The wide range of goods on display included Iran Khodro/Peugeot automobiles, farm equipment, foodstuffs, applicances, cosmetics, and construction materials. The booths covered a [...] | 2008-12-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL IR TX |
08ASHGABAT1577 | TURKMENISTAN: SNAPSHOT OF LIFE IN SERAHS [...] (SBU) Poloff visited the town of Serahs in late November to meet with local officials and candidates for the upcoming Mejlis (legislative) elections (reftel). Serahs, located on what was formerly the Great Silk Road between the ancient cities of Nishapur and Merv, sits on the Iranian border. [...] | 2008-12-05 04:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PHUM PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1586 | INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PLANS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After the November 17-18 USAID- supported roundtable on Improving Turkmenistan's Legislation on Public Organizations (reftel),the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan (IDHR [...] | 2008-12-08 09:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT159 | TURKMENISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MOVING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The commission responsible for ensuring that Turkmenistan meets its international human rights obligations (reftel) has constructed a game plan for revising or drafting needed legislation within the timeline to [...] | 2008-02-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1592 | CIS ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A 40-member CIS election observation mission will monitor the December 14 Parliamentary elections. A group of six observers have been in Turkmenistan since November 25 to view election preparations. The remaining members, including many election officials from CIS countries, [...] | 2008-12-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT1594 | TURKMENISTAN: DFM HAJIYEV GIVES OFFICIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DFM Wepa Hajiyev gave DCM the official explanation for the arrest and conviction of Gulgeldy Annaniyazov. In short, Annaniyazov was convicted of illegally crossing borders and using a fake passport to do it. Acco [...] | 2008-12-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT1599 | TURKMENISTAN: FOUR HUNDRED PRISONERS PARDONED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 5, a presidential decree pardoned 400 prisoners in honor of the national Neutrality Day holiday (December 12). The names of 390 releasees were published in "Neutral Turkmenistan" newspaper on December 6. The re [...] | 2008-12-09 10:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT1600 | TURKMENISTAN ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan sent to diplomatic missions a list of international exhibitions, conferences, and fairs for 2009 on December 5, 2008: -- Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Exhibition and Busine [...] | 2008-12-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT1601 | TURKMENISTAN: LEBAP PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff spent December 8 in the northern city of Turkmenabat to see how preparations were coming regarding the December 14 Mejlis elections. Provincial officials organized meetings with a deputy hakim (governor) [...] | 2008-12-09 12:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1605 | TURKMENISTAN: SUNDAY MEJLIS ELECTIONS NOT A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 14, Mejlis election day, embassy officers surveyed polling stations in various parts of Ashgabat in order to get a sense of the atmosphere and level of activity. The elections presented Turkmen citizens with [...] | 2008-12-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT161 | TURKMENISTAN: EXPLORING POTENTIAL FOR U.S.-TURKISH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Charge and DCM hosted Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil and DCM Tolgu Orkun on February 1 to discuss U.S.-Turkish assistance cooperation in 2008 in Turkmenistan, as per reftel instructions. We had provided a summary of reftel t [...] | 2008-02-01 11:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT1610 | TURKMENISTAN: NOVEMBER MEDIA REACTION - LESS GENEROUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: State media carried a number of favorable stories on several Embassy events or visitors. Other events were covered but never carried, or were misleading in their final versions. There appears to be a negative trend [...] | 2008-12-17 12:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1615 | TURKMENISTAN: GRANTEE RELOCATES TO FIND MORE RECEPTIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, PAO visited an active grantee that runs an after school educational center and has found far better tolerance and cooperation with local authorities after recently moving the center to a different t [...] | 2008-12-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT1616 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT IFES PRE-ELECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's state media and some international news agencies highlighted U.S. International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) early December visit to Turkmenistan. Although this was a visit that post did [...] | 2008-12-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EPET KPAO OIIP RS TX |
08ASHGABAT1617 | TURKMENISTAN: OSCE AND UN ELECTION EXPERTS OBSERVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent parliamentary elections, OSCE and UN election experts assessed election officials' observance of internationally-acknowledged election procedures. They also did fact-finding about the candidates, [...] | 2008-12-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1618 | TURKMEN CITIZENS' VIEWS ON WHETHER OR NOT TO VOTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: December 15-18, poloff asked Ashgabat and Mary city residents about their participation in the December 14 Mejlis elections, to get a sense of how residents perceived the first major election since President Be [...] | 2008-12-18 11:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT1633 | TURKMENISTAN: SUPPORT FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR CHALLENGING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 3-6, USAID's newly appointed Regional Education Development Specialist Garth Willis visited Ashgabat to meet with Turkmen education officials, international organizations and past program beneficiaries. [...] | 2008-12-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1634 | TURKMENISTAN: EXPERTS PREDICT CHAOS AROUND STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting of the "Elders' Council," during which the President was supposed to approve a national program for state agriculture reform and which was initially scheduled for mid-December, has now been postponed until March. In making the postponement the President suggested tha [...] | 2008-12-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EIND ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT1636 | TURKMENISTAN GOVERNMENT RELEASES INFLATED COTTON PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 15 President Berdimuhamedov released a final (unrealistic) figure for this year's cotton crop and commended provincial Governors on the successful harvest. In addition, while the President stated that the government paid farmers in full at the newly-introduced, hig [...] | 2008-12-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EIND ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT1648 | TURKMENISTAN: USDA ENGLISH PROGRAM OPENS DOORS AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rector of Turkmenistan's Agriculture University and the head of International Relations at the Ministry of Agriculture said they welcome additional USDA support for English classes and that they are willing to [...] | 2008-12-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1649 | TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS OFFICIALS CONDUCT PUBLIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 20, the State Counter Narcotics Service hosted a drug burning ceremony near Ashgabat. It was the third such event this year. The consignment of narcotics had been seized by Turkmenistan's law-enforce [...] | 2008-12-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1651 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM TX |
08ASHGABAT1654 | TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS OFFICIALS CONDUCT PUBLIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 20, the State Counter Narcotics Service hosted a drug burning ceremony near Ashgabat. It was the third such event this year. The consignment of narcotics had been seized by Turkmenistan's law-enforce [...] | 2008-12-30 12:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1656 | UN INTERVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASE PROMPTS POSITIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ayjemal Berdiyeva, a Niyazov era torture victim, recently informed post that she received a letter from a UN agency in Geneva, presumably the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR),that obliges the Govern [...] | 2008-12-31 07:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT17 | TURKMENISTAN: EXCHANGE BOOTHS OPEN IN BANKS; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: True to the president's word, all unofficial currency exchange outlets shut down on January 2. While the Central Bank Chairman promised a sufficient supply of dollars to the public, according to anecdotal evidence [...] | 2008-01-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT171 | TURKMENISTAN: SELF-FINANCING TURKMEN ABLE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post attempted to verify a December 2007 Forum18 news article (reported in ref by Turkmen opposition website "Gundogar") about the restrictions the government allegedly imposed on those wishing to go on the Hajj [...] | 2008-02-04 12:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF KISL SA TX |
08ASHGABAT173 | TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINE STUMBLES AS IT SEEKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukraine's representation in Turkmenistan is continuing to have a difficult time reviving its bilateral diplomatic and business relationship. Ukrainian diplomats are showing deep interest in the frequent arriva [...] | 2008-02-05 07:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET UP CH IR TX |
08ASHGABAT178 | FRAUD SUMMARY: ASHGABAT, Q4 2007 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Embassy Ashgabat submits this quarterly consular fraud report for the period October through December 2007 as requested in reftel A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 3. (SBU) Turkmenistan is experiencing important social, political [...] | 2008-02-05 10:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD TX |
08ASHGABAT179 | TURKMENISTAN: WORLD BANK OUTLINES RE-ENGAGMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the last week in January, a World Bank visiting delegation met with government officials and resident donor nation representatives to discuss re-engagement with Turkmenistan. The Government of Turkmenistan's [...] | 2008-02-05 10:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT180 | TURKMENISTAN: CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES EXCHANGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Following several days of continuing rumors that Turkmenistan's commercial exchange rate of 19,800 manat to the dollar was going to appreciate, Turkmenistan's state-run Watan TV news quoted the head of the Central Bank's Fore [...] | 2008-02-05 11:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT190 | TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON ADB'S PLANS FOR A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Ayna Kekilova, the Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) liaison officer in Turkmenistan, told EmbOff February 6 that the ADB partners in the proposed Trans-Afghan pipeline (TAPI) project are proceeding with the work for the proj [...] | 2008-02-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT192 | TURKMENISTAN: 500 SATELLITE TV CHANNELS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Work continues in Ashgabat to provide standardize satellite-television access for all citizens. The government recently provided further detail on the process of replacing the private satellite dishes on almost [...] | 2008-02-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT199 | TURKMENISTAN EMERGING AS PRAGMATIC REGIONAL PLAYER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The delivery of a significant amount of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and enhanced provision of electricity to Tajikistan, combined with intensified economic cooperation and diplomatic activity in the region, [...] | 2008-02-08 09:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG IR AF UZ TI TX |
08ASHGABAT200 | TURKMENISTAN: "NEW REVIVAL" COVERAGE REPLACES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Throughout former President Niyazov's tenure, Turkmenistan television's Altyn Asyr channel nighly broadcast a reading of Niyazov's "Ruhnama" before the 9:00 pm news. Two or three presenters would read from the "Ruhnama" (and, [...] | 2008-02-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT201 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF RURAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At his February 2 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov reiterated his determination to improve life in Turkmenistan's remote rural regions, requiring relevant cabinet members to report on progres [...] | 2008-02-08 10:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT206 | TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 7, USAID Country Representative met with the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights to discuss areas of potential cooperation outlined in the letter received from the Ministry of Forei [...] | 2008-02-11 03:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT213 | TURKMENISTAN: GAS PRICE HIKE TAKES CITIZENS BY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following reports on state media of an introduction of market prices for automobile gasoline the evening of February 8, drivers descended upon gas stations in Ashgabat for one last go at unlimited subsidized petro [...] | 2008-02-12 04:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT214 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN EMBASSY "SOFT POWER" FALLS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Russian Embassy opened an exhibit at the National Art Museum on February 11 -- photographs of Turkmenistan taken by Russian Embassy diplomats. In his opening speech, Russian Ambassador Igor Blatov noted the exhibit co [...] | 2008-02-12 05:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KPAO RS TX |
08ASHGABAT226 | TURKMEN FEEL IMPACT OF RISING MARKET-BASKET COSTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Turkmenistan's unusually chilly weather continues, food prices have continued to rise. A recent price survey showed that the average increase for basic food staples since early January was three percent. Turkmenistan's residents worry that Turkmenistan's unusually cold win [...] | 2008-02-12 13:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT228 | TURKMENISTAN: WHY ASHGABAT SHOULD HOST THE 2008 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to Ref A. request asking embassies in Central Asia to poll host governments about where to hold the 2008 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan both expresse [...] | 2008-02-13 09:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT23 | TURKMENISTAN: SATELLITE DISHES START TO COME DOWN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Turkmen love their satellite television. The four local (state-controlled) Turkmen stations are deadly dull and provide a fare that consists primarily of President Berdimuhamedov's meetings, President Berdimuhamedov's [...] | 2008-01-07 11:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT230 | TURKMENISTAN: ECONOMIC REFORM TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting on February 8, President Berdimuhamedov said Turkmenistan's industrial sector should operate according to the principles of transparency, privatization, market diversit [...] | 2008-02-13 09:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT237 | TURKMENISTAN: UNDP HELPING PREPARE REPORT FOR UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UNDP is working with Turkmenistan's Human Rights Commission to formulate a plan to complete two key UN reports Turkmenistan agreed to submit by the end of 2008. The more significant report, which Turkmenistan [...] | 2008-02-14 09:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT238 | TURKMENISTAN: MORE THAN 1200 PARDONED FOR FLAG DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The government published the list of prisoners to be freed under a pardon that President Berdimuhamedov announced on February 13. He said that 1,269 prisoners would be released in honor of Flag Day, which is February 19. [...] | 2008-02-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT242 | TURKMENISTAN: ONE YEAR WITHOUT PERSONALITY CULT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov celebrated the one-year anniversary of his February 14, 2007, inauguration in private. The only public event to our knowledge -- although there may have been low-key private receptions an [...] | 2008-02-15 10:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SCUL DRL |
08ASHGABAT243 | TURKMENISTAN: VALENTINE'S DAY STILL A POPULAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen exile opposition website chrono-tm.org reported on February 14 that Ashgabat City officials warned restaurant and bar owners not to hold Valentine's Day events at their venues, because they would clash with the " [...] | 2008-02-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT244 | TURKMENISTAN: RUHNAMA - GOING, GOING... [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. LESS EMPHASIS ON READING RUHNAMA AND MORE ON WRITING AND ARITHMETIC 2. (SBU) Since Berdimuhamedov became president in February 2007, former President Niyazov's "Book of the Soul," has become increasingly irrelevant. While still [...] | 2008-02-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT247 | TURKMENISTAN: UNIFIED EXCHANGE RATE PRACTICES GAINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During January and the first week of February, the government has maintained the commercial exchange rate of 20,000 manat per dollar and eliminated almost all black-market foreign exchange transactions by barring [...] | 2008-02-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT248 | TURKMENISTAN: VISIT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR UPCOMING USAID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30-31, Almaty-based USAID/CAR Senior Economist Michael Boyd met with several new economic institutions in Turkmenistan to discuss potential cooperation with USAID's upcoming Enhancing Reforms for Econom [...] | 2008-02-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT249 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CRITICIZES FLEX [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education (MOE) alleged, via diplomatic note and in a meeting with PAO, that the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program for high school students was not being properly supervised by ACCELS. MOE [...] | 2008-02-20 03:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT250 | TURKMENISTAN COOPERATING WITH IAEA EFFORTS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An IAEA delegation met with government officials in Ashgabat in mid-February to assist Turkmenistan's efforts to achieve compliance with nuclear-related international conventions to which it is a signatory. Tu [...] | 2008-02-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IAEA TX |
08ASHGABAT251 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CRITICIZES FLEX [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education (MOE) alleged, via diplomatic note and in a meeting with PAO, that the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program for high school students was not being properly supervised by ACCELS. MOE [...] | 2008-02-20 09:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT259 | TURKMENISTAN PROVIDES MORE HUMANITARIAN AID, THIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following on its decision to send aid to Afghanistan (reftel),Turkmenistan donated fuel as humanitarian assistanceto Tajikistan on February 13, publicly demonstrating the strong bilateral ties it shares with it [...] | 2008-02-21 08:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TI TX |
08ASHGABAT26 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S. CHICKEN ALLOWED IN - FOR THE HOLIDAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-origin chicken leg-thigh quarters, which in the early 1990s acquired the moniker of "Bush Legs" throughout the former Soviet Union, made an appearance at Ashgabat's markets over the New Year's weekend. Accor [...] | 2008-01-07 12:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT261 | TURKMENISTAN: EFFECTS OF DEEP FREEZE LINGER IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A February 20 visit by EmbOff to Turkmemabat, Turkmenistan's second largest city, revealed that the area is still suffering the after-effects of the freezing-cold winter that gripped the country in January and early February. [...] | 2008-02-21 12:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT264 | TURKMENISTAN'S PARLIAMENT RATIFIES MONTREAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) on January 22 adopted a resolution on Turkmenistan's accession to the Montreal Protocol, apparently so that the Ministry of Nature Protection will be eligible for additional dono [...] | 2008-02-22 05:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV TSPL KTIA TX |
08ASHGABAT266 | TURKMENISTAN: AGREEMENT REACHED ON PROCEDURES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) MFA and Embassy officials agreed February 21 on a procedure for expeditiously approving landing clearances for civilian emergency medical flights contracted by the Embassy. This new procedure, which entails faxing the reque [...] | 2008-02-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR MARR AMED TX |
08ASHGABAT268 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request: see para four. 3. (SBU) Embassy's Defense Attache delivered reftel notification to Turkmenistan's First Deputy Defense Minister, Colonel Atabayev, on February 22, 2008. Atabayev said he had s [...] | 2008-02-22 10:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT TSPA TX |
08ASHGABAT269 | TURKMENISTAN: OSCE CONSIDERING GREATER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation from OSCE's Conflict Prevention Center headed by Senior Board Advisor Henry Bolton told the Embassy on February 13 that, as a result of the Russian Federation's concern over the volume of opiate impo [...] | 2008-02-22 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SNAR SMIG OSCE TX |
08ASHGABAT27 | TURKMENISTAN: NGO FORUM "EARLY HOLIDAY PRESENT" FOR CIVIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On December 24, USAID implementing partner International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) organized a roundtable on NGOs' Participation in the National Reforms that attracted over 50 representatives from governme [...] | 2008-01-07 12:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT270 | TURKMENISTAN: NEWSPAPER FEATURES ARTICLE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On February 23, "Zaman," a Turkmen-language newspaper, featured a half-page, above-the-fold article with color photos, entitled "Kosovo - New Independent State." "Zaman" borrows some of its content from its "Zaman" parent co [...] | 2008-02-25 08:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT271 | TURKMENISTAN: NATO CIVIL EMERGENCY PLANNING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Two officials from NATO's Civil Emergency Planning Operations Division, Division Head Carsten Fausboll and Staff Officer Evert Somer, briefed representatives from NATO embassies on February 18 on their meeting with Deputy D [...] | 2008-02-25 08:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MARR NATO TX |
08ASHGABAT279 | TURKMENISTAN: COCKROACH OR NOT - OPPOSITION DISCREDITS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: "Kronika Turkmenistana," an opposition website based in Bulgaria, recently carried an unlikely story that Turkmenistan TV's "Watan" newscast showed a cockroach walking across the news desk, which led to the firi [...] | 2008-02-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PROP PHUM SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT280 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PRIORITIZES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov was in Moscow February 22 for the CIS Informal Summit, where Putin said goodbye, the Turkmen president defined neutrality, and they both watered and nourished the Russian-Turkmen economi [...] | 2008-02-27 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ETRD RS TX |
08ASHGABAT285 | TURKMENISTAN: CITIZENS FEELING IMPACT OF INCREASED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Almost immediately following the eightfold increase in gasoline costs on February 11, meat and dairy product prices -- already increasing because of livestock losses due to the cold weather -- spiked by 20-50%. For now, the government is trying to stabilize meat prices by enfo [...] | 2008-02-28 14:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT286 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting with U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein, Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurad Hojamuhamedov enthusiastically welcomed possible USTDA assistance. He expressed parti [...] | 2008-02-29 05:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT289 | TURKMENISTAN: CENTRAL ASIAN CATHOLIC LEADERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Catholic Church leaders from all over Central Asia were in Ashgabat for a week, sharing and comparing their experiences, successes and challenges in legalizing and expanding their activities in this Muslim-domi [...] | 2008-03-01 07:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT290 | TURKMENISTAN: EVIDENCE OF DISCONTENT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an EmbOff's trip to Turkmenbashy February 17-19, an ethnic Dagestani Turkmen citizen driver effusively disclosed -- with little prodding -- his thoughts on the gas price hike, Avaza, and Turkmenistan's econ [...] | 2008-03-01 07:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EIND ELAB SCUL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT291 | TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS PLANNING FOR EXPANDED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-01 08:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT292 | TURKMENISTAN: NGO FINDS WORK-AROUND TO [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR PUBLIC INTERNET. 2. (SBU) DURING A ROUTINE VISIT TO A LOCAL NGO ON FEBRUARY 16, ECONOFF SAW THAT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE WAS CLOSED FOR "INSPECTION" BY THE MINISTRY OF TRADE. ON FEBRUARY 20, ECONOFF RAN INTO ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE OFFICE BUI [...] | 2008-03-03 03:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EFIN SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT3 | ICITAP EXPOSES TURKMENISTAN'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: For the first time, law-enforcement officers from all five of Turkmenistan's provinces plus Ashgabat gathered for a Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) tra [...] | 2008-01-02 11:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KJUS KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT300 | TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIALIST MENDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: With a series of diplomatic and commercial forays in January and February, the Ukrainian government appeared to be aggressively working to resolve contractual issues that have stalled its relations with Turkmen [...] | 2008-03-04 11:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV UP TX |
08ASHGABAT301 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT FIRES PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a series of three meetings -- a meeting of the National Security Council, an expanded meeting of the National Security Council and a Cabinet of Ministers meeting -- on March 3, Turkmenistan's President Be [...] | 2008-03-04 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR EPET MARR TX |
08ASHGABAT303 | TURKMENISTAN: USTDA EXPLORES OPPORTUNITIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an effort to explore the potential for using U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) programs to promote U.S. equipment manufacturer sales to Turkmenistan, a USTDA delegation met with Turkmen Motor Roads Stat [...] | 2008-03-05 11:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAGR ECON EIND ELTN IR TX |
08ASHGABAT309 | TURKMENISTAN: PROGRESS TOWARD CURRENCY RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) It appears that Turkmen government officials have decided to slow down progress toward the planned 2009 unification of the country's dual exchange rate. Resident Deutsche Bank Head told UK Charge that he had been informed [...] | 2008-03-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT312 | TURKMENISTAN: ACTIVIST'S LETTER TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society activist Natalya Shabunts published via Internet a long letter she sent to Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov, criticizing the government for its failure to protect and care for Turkmenistan' [...] | 2008-03-06 12:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT316 | TURKMENISTAN: RESIDENTS OF DEMOLISHED HOMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Formerly, when Turkmenistan government officials wanted to tear down housing blocks to replace them with more modern white marble buildings, they simply ordered residents to leave -- often with only three days' notice -- an [...] | 2008-03-07 10:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT317 | TURKMENISTAN CONSIDERS NATIONAL ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a World Bank-sponsored anti-money laundering workshop, international and regional experts focused on the need for innovation, information technology, annual reviews, and international contact networks in discu [...] | 2008-03-07 10:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN EAID SNAR RS TX |
08ASHGABAT318 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT REWARDS MOTHERS TO PROMOTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 3, President Berdimuhamedov established a new award giving women who have at least eight children about $250 and some free services. While the award seems to be focused on helping to reverse Turkmenistan' [...] | 2008-03-07 10:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT319 | TURKMENISTAN: REVIEWING G/TIP PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ashgabat office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) submitted a project proposal on Combating Trafficking in Persons in Turkmenistan: Prevention, Protection and Capacity Building in response to a requ [...] | 2008-03-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN TX |
08ASHGABAT323 | TURKMENISTAN: ANOTHER NEW IDEOLOGY? WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, President Berdimuhamedov announced his new "Great Revival Epoch" ideology, based on the principle of "government for the people." The new ideology claims to guide developmental reforms that Berdimuha [...] | 2008-03-10 10:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT324 | TURKMENISTAN: WEEKEND INSPECTIONS LEAD TO SHOP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Over the weekend of March 1-2, Embassy officers noticed that some private shops at some of the larger markets were closed or sealed for inspection, especially shops selling imported alcohol, tobacco, and other luxury goods. [...] | 2008-03-10 11:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT326 | TURKMENISTAN: FIRST PHASE OF USTDA TRAINING A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Two officials from Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, including the deputy and another high-ranking official, were extremely enthusiastic about the just-completed first phase of USTDA [...] | 2008-03-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EPET EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT327 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT VISITS SOUTH YOLOTEN AND OSMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 4 President Berdimuhamedov visited the South Yoloten and Osman onshore oil and gas fields. According to Turkmenistan media reports, the field has a potential of 3 trillion cubic meters of gas. The timin [...] | 2008-03-10 13:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT328 | TURKMENISTAN: LACKING DIPLOMATIC STATUS, EUROPA HOUSE NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 9, the European Union is scheduled to officially open a "Europa House" to support its programs and projects in Turkmenistan. Due to European Commission member states' concerns about Turkmenistan's human r [...] | 2008-03-12 03:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EU TX |
08ASHGABAT329 | TURKMENISTAN: LEGAL DATABASE PROJECT STOKES COMPETITION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Internal competition to compile a legal database seems to have broken out among several government entities, spurred probably by a desire to get credit for fulfilling a high government priority and at least in par [...] | 2008-03-12 03:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT330 | TURKMENISTAN: POSITIVE START TO THE U.S.-TURKISH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID Country Representative met on March 11 with Turkish International Development Agency (TIKA) Coordinator in Turkmenistan and the Turkish Embassy in Ashgabat's Deputy Chief of Mission to explore and identify p [...] | 2008-03-12 03:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TU TX |
08ASHGABAT331 | TURKMENISTAN: COOPERATION WITH INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Over the past two weeks, USAID Country Representative has met with the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights to finalize areas of cooperation that were discussed in previous meetings. USAID noted [...] | 2008-03-12 05:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT332 | TURKMENISTAN: POTENTIAL OF THE PETROCHEMICALS INDUSTRY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has decided to enter the petrochemical sector by building a new refinery and oil and gas cracker at a Soviet-era, white-elephant refinery in eastern Turkmenistan that never did reach its full producti [...] | 2008-03-12 06:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT334 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV BONDS WITH KARIMOV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to official press reports, President Berdimuhamedov's official visit to Uzbekistan was a foreign policy success, during which he established a positive working relationship with President Karimov. The [...] | 2008-03-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD TX UZ |
08ASHGABAT336 | TURKMENISTAN: FALSE STORY ON IRC FURTHER REDUCES OPPO [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian-language opposition website that originated the now infamous cockroach-results-in-mass-firings story (reftel),"Kronika Turkmenistana," has now featured the Embassy's Information Resource Center (IRC [...] | 2008-03-12 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PROP KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT343 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurat Hojamuhamedov told a U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) consultant on March 11 that his Ministry is eager to establish a petrochemical industry to receive higher value for [...] | 2008-03-14 12:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT347 | TURKMENISTAN'S NEW STATE COUNTERNARCOTICS SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: While wearing his colonel uniform -- and a new patch from the newly-formed State Counternarcotics Service, which he heads -- Murad Islamov said in a meeting with Embassy representatives on March 11 that the United [...] | 2008-03-17 11:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT348 | TURKMENISTAN: LIMITED BANDWIDTH AND PRICE HINDER PROGRESS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a year into reforms under President Berdimuhamedov, Internet access for ordinary citizens is still limited. Despite the President's early steps towards providing Internet cafes and his statements that all citize [...] | 2008-03-17 12:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT354 | TURKMENISTAN: NEIGHBORS APPEAR TO COOPERATE AT [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At an OSCE conference on maritime security and environmental cooperation, participants attended presentations on ecological, transit, and trafficking/smuggling issues. The EU said that its "Special Strategy for Centra [...] | 2008-03-18 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS EWWT SENV TX |
08ASHGABAT355 | TURKMENISTAN: POSITIVE TRENDS IN STATE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU). SUMMARY: State Media's coverage of Embassy events and visitors has become almost routine with levels of propaganda or pro-regime "spin" dropping slowly over the last year. Recent coverage is evidence of this continuing trend [...] | 2008-03-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT359 | TURKMENISTAN: MEAT MATTERS - GOVERNMENT LOSES THE PRICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government's efforts to use price caps to keep meat prices from rising following the introduction in mid-February of higher gasoline prices have failed. Several weeks of shenanigans between meat vendors and t [...] | 2008-03-20 03:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT361 | TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS COORDINATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Executive Secretary of the State Counternarcotics Coordinating Commission Babaniyaz Chariyev told the embassy's INLOff and INL Assistant on the fringes of the World Bank Anti-Money Laundering workshop (reftel) that he would [...] | 2008-03-20 11:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT367 | TURKMENISTAN: ITALIAN ENVOY ADMITS ENI IN HOT [...] (U) Senistive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Italian MFA Coordinator and Special Envoy for Central Asia Paolo Serpi met March 20 with the Charge to discuss Serpi's most recent visit. He said he had come to Ashgabat to sign an agreement on cooperation between the two [...] | 2008-03-24 12:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT369 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW LAW ON FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on March 17 unveiled a new government program to promote domestic entrepreneural development and foreign investment, including substantial changes to Turkmenistan [...] | 2008-03-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV BTIO KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT370 | TURKMENISTAN: TAKING STEPS TOWARD A MARKET ECONOMY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On March 17 President Berdimuhamedov delivered a policy statement on the Government of Turkmenistan's support of advancing entrepreneurship and foreign investment. To solidify his statements on improving the busine [...] | 2008-03-25 04:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT377 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW TAX CODE FOSTERS FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On March 17 President Berdimuhamedov passed a law amending the Tax Code of Turkmenistan for the sixth time since he is in office. The March 17 amendments are the most numerous and significant so far. The majority o [...] | 2008-03-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT38 | TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON OIL AND GASS DEVELOPMENTS SINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. CASPIAN LITTORAL PIPELINE: FINANCIAL DETAILS STILL UNCLEAR 2. (SBU) On December 20, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Russia signed an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline along the Caspian coast line. However, none of the three [...] | 2008-01-08 17:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT380 | TURKMENISTAN: COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS SHOW SIGNIFICANT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An unpublished report on "Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Survey on HIV/AIDS and Drug Use Among Sex Workers in Turkmenistan" prepared in 2007 by the UN Development Program (UNDP) with the support of the Ministry [...] | 2008-03-26 12:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SOCI KHIV TX |
08ASHGABAT382 | TURKMENISTAN: NO VIRUSES (OR COCKROACHES) - POST CORRECTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section has begun a productive dialog with the Turkmen opposition website that carried inaccurate information (Ref A) about post's Information Resource Center (IRC). This website also originated [...] | 2008-03-27 09:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT383 | TURKMENISTAN: WESTERN CULTURE RETURNS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To enforce his vision of "positive neutrality" in Turkmenistan and the uniqueness of Turkmen culture, former President Niyazov severely limited public expression of international culture, including the Russian (Sov [...] | 2008-03-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT385 | TURKMENISTAN: WORLD BANK DISCUSSES COOPERATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent conversation with the local World Bank representative in Ashgabat, he said the World Bank's Payment Systems Unit wants to coordinate better with other donors on some technical assistance projects i [...] | 2008-03-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT389 | TURKMENISTAN: CARICC OFFICIALS URGE DEA PRESENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: March 26 meetings with Turkmenistani counter-narcotics officials went very well, the Acting Director of the newly established (counter-narcotics) Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) [...] | 2008-03-28 11:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR UNAUS RS KZ TX |
08ASHGABAT39 | TURKMENISTAN: USAID MISSION DIRECTOR VISITS DASHOGUZ [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During his December 17 meeting with USAID Regional Mission Director Bill Frej, a warm and cordial Dashoguz First Deputy Governor Atajykov thanked Frej for USAID's support for private enterprise in Dashoguz province a [...] | 2008-01-09 11:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT390 | TURKMENISTAN'S RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The long-awaited National Program on Rural Development finally became public in March 2008. The Government of Turkmenistan plans to spend $3.661 billion on development in the provinces between 2008-2020. Each prov [...] | 2008-03-28 12:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT396 | TURKMENISTAN: GOOD TONE IN MEETING WITH EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge's March 25 meeting with Minster of Education Muhammetgeldi Annaamanov, although cordial and cooperative in tone, did not result in any breakthroughs for education cooperation. Although there was ampl [...] | 2008-03-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT40 | TURKMENISTAN: USAID MISSION DIRECTOR VISITS MARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On December 15, USAID/CAR Regional Mission Director Bill Frej met with recently appointed Mary Provincial Governor Kakageldi Gurbanov and visited a local farmers' organization that has partnered with several USAID pr [...] | 2008-01-09 11:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT401 | TURKMENISTAN: MFA PROTESTS IRANIAN ACCUSATION OF [...] (U) According to press reports, the Iranian press attache in Dushanbe announced on March 26 the arrival of 28 tanker trucks of fuel oil and diesel fuel as part of a larger tranche of humanitarian aid Iran was delivering to Tajikistan, which had been sent during the winter to help the Tajiks [...] | 2008-03-31 10:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IR TI TX |
08ASHGABAT402 | TURKMENISTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST SAYS HER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) PolOff recently met with civil society activist Natalya Anurova-Shabunts, the co-director of a center that assists the disabled in Ashgabat. She was the author of a lengthy but well-thought-out letter sent to President Be [...] | 2008-03-31 10:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT412 | TURKMENISTAN'S GAS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION FAILS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting on President Berdimuhamedov's instruction to have more exhibitions, Turkmenistani state petroleum agencies decided to hold three separate events in 2008 -- on gas, on oil, and one comprehensive exhibition an [...] | 2008-04-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT413 | TURKMENISTAN: LEBAP PROVINCE DEVELOPING, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials in Lebap Province, bordering Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, are sagging under an array of tasks they have been given to facilitate rural and economic development. Hampered by limited implementa [...] | 2008-04-02 12:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR TX |
08ASHGABAT421 | TURKMENISTAN: TURKMENABAT CHRISTIAN CHURCH FACES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Registration in 2007 appears to have given a small minority Christian church in Turkmenabat some taste of normalcy, but it appears that members of this church will still face an uphill battle with cultural biase [...] | 2008-04-03 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT426 | TURKMENISTAN: NOT INTENDING TO SEND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PARM MCAP TX |
08ASHGABAT427 | TURKMENISTAN: DEVELOPMENT VISIBLE IN LEBAP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff toured Turkmenabat city and environs extensively on March 31, as well as visited the banks of the Amu Darya and the Farap border crossing point with Uzbekistan. Turkmenabat's infrastructure is clearly be [...] | 2008-04-04 12:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT429 | TURKMENISTAN: THE FEMALE "STREET NINJAS" OF ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Every day, an army of Turkmen women, in bright orange traffic vests and with their heads and faces wrapped in scarves, descend on the capital's streets and public sites to carefully sweep away Ashgabat's omnipresen [...] | 2008-04-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI SNAR KWMN TX |
08ASHGABAT430 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW TRANSPARENCY IN DISCUSSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, the state-owned, Russian-language daily, "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," prominently featured on page 2 an article written by the Deputy Head of Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecast at Turkmenistan's newly [...] | 2008-04-07 08:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT431 | TOWN MEETING TURKMEN-STYLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The administration of a building where foreigners and well-off Turkmen reside recently decided to hold a town meeting to inform residents of a switch from private satellite dishes to communal cable TV. Since thi [...] | 2008-04-07 08:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT435 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV MAKES THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's trip to Bucharest April 2-3 for the NATO summit appears to have been a success, both in terms of promoting Turkmenistan's image as an engaged player on the world stage, and in confirmi [...] | 2008-04-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MARR NATO TX |
08ASHGABAT438 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT BUSH-BERDIMUHAMEDOV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: State media prominently highlighted the April 3 meeting between President Bush and Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the NATO Summit in Bucharest to demonstrate Turkmenistan's growing internation [...] | 2008-04-08 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT439 | TURKMENISTAN: INDIA SEEKING TO REINVIGORATE ITS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: India and Turkmenistan took yet another step toward reenergizing their bilateral relationship with the April 4-6 visit of India's Vice President Hamid Ansari to Turkmenistan. During the visit, Turkmenistan's P [...] | 2008-04-09 06:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET IN TX |
08ASHGABAT440 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA COVER U.S. EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Recent state media coverage of Embassy-sponsored events or programs continues to improve with relatively better coverage of U.S. Government programs and activities in Turkmenistan with slightly better success than b [...] | 2008-04-09 09:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT45 | TURKMENISTAN: BITTER COLD SNAP KNOCKS ASHGABAT FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe cold weather hit Ashgabat and the rest of Central Asia on January 6, and has been challenging the government's ability to keep the city up and operating. The weather has been causing damage to the city's in [...] | 2008-01-10 06:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT452 | TURKMENISTAN: MEETING DIRECTLY WITH MINISTER OF EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a follow-up to Charge's recent meeting with the Minister of Education (Ref. A),PAO gave a tailored presentation on U.S. Government-funded programs that send Turkmen students to two American-style universitie [...] | 2008-04-11 06:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT455 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR U/S REUBEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy and economic reform issues. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly [...] | 2008-04-11 12:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT468 | TURKMENISTAN: AMCIT GROUP FREELANCES ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Members of the AmCit group, Friends of the Turkmen, were recently in Turkmenistan to meet with Turkmen officials and offer assistance (Ref. A). The group met with officials at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health, E [...] | 2008-04-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT469 | TURKMEN-AFGHAN ENERGY DIALOGUE - PROTOCOL A BREAKTHOUGH ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Following intensive meetings on April 8-9, officials from Turkmenistan's Ministry of Energy and Industry (MOEI) and Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) signed a landmark agreement to supply additional 3 [...] | 2008-04-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF TX |
08ASHGABAT47 | PREPARING FOR THE 2008 CENTRAL ASIA TIFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 10:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BTIO PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT474 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT TRIES TO KICK-START [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 14 held a marathon cabinet meeting at which he announced a number of new initiatives in the economic/financial, media, and construction sectors directed toward accelerating reform. Most significantly, he ordered a one-year process [...] | 2008-04-15 12:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN SCUL TX |
08ASHGABAT48 | TURKMENISTAN: BAN ON IMPORTED CHICKEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge conveyed to Turkmenistan's Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations on January 9 the reftel demarche requesting Turkmenistan lift its ban on importating U.S. poultry products. The officials did not [...] | 2008-01-10 12:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT481 | TURKMENISTAN: OSCE NATIONAL MINORITIES EXPERT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An OSCE expert on national minorities was in Ashgabat April 16 to try to initiate a dialogue with Turkmen officials on minority education. The government appears to have given the OSCE the cold shoulder on this [...] | 2008-04-17 05:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OSCE TX |
08ASHGABAT483 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S. COMPANY TO ERECT WORLD'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan is home to the world's biggest carpet -- a fact certified by the Guinness Book of World Records and not particularly surprising given the world renown of Turkmen carpets. Soon, [...] | 2008-04-17 09:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SCUL TU AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT485 | TURKMENISTAN'S CURRENCY RE-DENOMINATION; EXCHANGE RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 14 President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree that spells out more details about the forthcoming re-denomination of Turkmenistan's currency -- the manat - first announced on September 11, 2007. The re-denomin [...] | 2008-04-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT488 | TECHNOCRATS AND GENERALISTS IN TURKMENISTAN'S PETROLEUM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As Turkmenistan reforms its oil and gas industry, two principally different development strategies exist among the country's hydrocarbon leadership. One school of thought -- the technocrats -- places primary empha [...] | 2008-04-17 12:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL EPET SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT492 | TURKMENISTAN: AHAL PROVINCE PASTOR OPTIMISTIC AS CHURCH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During a visit to cities in Ahal province to the west of Ashgabat, PAO met with the pastor of the Light of Life Christian Church's branch in Abadan city. The Abadan branch of the church applied for registration as a religi [...] | 2008-04-18 12:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT495 | TURKMENISTAN: AHAL PROVINCE FARMERS EKE OUT A PROFIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Private farmers in Ahal province are chafing under state controls and regulations that mandate they dedicate much of their acreage to certain crops rather than to crops of their own choosing. They consistently tel [...] | 2008-04-22 03:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR EAID ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT496 | TURKMENISTAN: MUSLIM TOUR GUIDE AT GYPJAK MOSQUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A visit to the Gypjak Mosque revealed that at least one of the Muslim religious students charged by the government to show visitors around such official government mosques may be showing signs of a more fervent [...] | 2008-04-22 05:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT497 | TURKMENISTAN: NEXT STEPS IN U.S.-TURKISH DIALOGUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following working-level meetings with counterparts at the Turkish International Development Agency (TIKA),USAID requested meetings on April 16-17 with two Deputy Ministers of Health and Medical Industry to identif [...] | 2008-04-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT498 | TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY HOLDS CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 3-4, USAID partner International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) co-organized a seminar on international legislation governing public organizations with Turkmenistan's Institute for Democracy and Human [...] | 2008-04-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT499 | TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY SEES ICNL AND USAID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following an April 4 conference on NGO legislation jointly hosted by the International Center for Not-for-profit-Law (ICNL) and Turkmenistan's Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR),the Institute's direc [...] | 2008-04-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT5 | TURKMENISTAN: ARRANGED MARRIAGES MAKE A COMEBACK, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Turkmenistan, a traditional country where most women still marry rather than face the social stigma from remaining single, women's rights are closely linked to marriage customs. Although the pre-Soviet custom of [...] | 2008-01-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT501 | TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL REPORTER'S FAMILY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: RFE/RL reporter Gulychdurdiyev's son was finally married on April 21, but not before the family engaged in some creative maneuvering to outsmart authorities bent on ruining the wedding. Despite officials' meddl [...] | 2008-04-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT508 | TURKMENISTAN'S SUPREME AUDIT CHAMBER: CHARGED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's GAO-like Supreme Auditing Chamber was created in August 2007 to oversee use of the country's resources. A meeting on April 14 revealed that Chamber employees are interested in how their counterparts [...] | 2008-04-23 13:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT509 | IRANIAN DIPLOMAT PUBLICLY HARANGUES TURKMENISTAN FOR POOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 22 Trade Facilitation workshop held in Ashgabat for Central Asian agencies involved in border control and trade, an Iranian diplomat made a 5-minute harangue criticizing the Government of Turkmenis [...] | 2008-04-24 03:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SNAR IR TX |
08ASHGABAT514 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO BUILD ELITE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At the April 14 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov approved $575 million in construction projects, including 1,764 elite apartments that must be completed by February 2010. Although the presiden [...] | 2008-04-25 07:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV BEXP TX |
08ASHGABAT521 | TURKMENISTAN: CHRISTIAN PASTOR DETAINED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT525 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERBUDMONTAZH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2008 Turkmenistan announced its intention to take Ukrainian construction company Interbudmontazh to court for failing to fulfill the terms of a major tunnel construction contract. President Berdimuha [...] | 2008-04-28 06:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV BEXP PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT526 | TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA COVERAGE OF UNDER SECRETARY REUBEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: International and domestic state media accurately covered Under Secretary of State Reuben Jeffery's April 21-22 visit to Turkmenistan. The accurate state media coverage reflects the Turkmen government's continued c [...] | 2008-04-28 06:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT529 | AFTER THREATS TO CANCEL, TURKMENISTAN HOSTS REGIONAL TRADE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) neglected to follow up appropriately during the process of organizing the EU-UNDP Border Management and Drug Actions Programs in Central Asia (BOMCA/CADAP) workshop [...] | 2008-04-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SNAR IR TX |
08ASHGABAT531 | TURKMENISTAN: PARLIAMENT REQUESTS INPUT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from USAID's local governance implementing partners met with the Parliament and the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights on April 23-24 to discuss potential areas for cooperation. In a signific [...] | 2008-04-28 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT533 | USAID ECONOMIC GROWTH PROGRAMS WARMLY RECEIVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: April 16-22, a delegation led by USAID/CAR Economic Growth Office Director met with major Turkmen counterparts to discuss the status of USAID's Economic Growth programs in Turkmenistan. The Ministry of Energy and [...] | 2008-04-29 03:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON ENRG TX |
08ASHGABAT534 | TURKMENISTAN SIGNALS DESIRE TO MATCH OTHER CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to a presentation by USAID on April 22, the Deputy Chairwoman of the Supreme Council on Science and Technology (SCST) voiced support for offical approval for the USAID-developed accounting training and pr [...] | 2008-04-29 05:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT536 | TURKMENISTAN'S ETREK DISTRICT: WAITING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Burdened by an isolated location, poor roads and years of neglect from the center, Turkmenistan's Etrek District, located in western Turkmenistan on the border with Iran, has experienced little economic developmen [...] | 2008-04-29 09:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR SNAR PBTS PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT538 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV VISIT TO KABUL A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's president arrived April 28 for a one-day visit in Kabul. Although the two presidents see opportunities in an expanded relationship, the projects they are most interested in will require further c [...] | 2008-04-29 11:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET AF TX |
08ASHGABAT546 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan relies heavily on imports of many basic foodstuffs. As a result of economic reforms in the country (including an 800% increase in gasoline prices),low domestic food production due to years of bad ag [...] | 2008-04-30 11:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT55 | TURKMENISTANL: AHAL TEKE TRIBE DOMINATES GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Examination of background information that is available on government leadership reinforces the widely-held notion that President Berdimuhamedov's Ahal Teke tribe dominates the senior levels of government. Members o [...] | 2008-01-14 07:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT550 | TURKMENISTAN: DISCONTENT IN DASHOGUZ PROVINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Misery is on the rise in Dashoguz, a mid-sized city and important cotton producing center near the Uzbek border. Central government policies to raise gas prices and devalue the dollar have led to inflation and made l [...] | 2008-05-01 11:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT558 | TURKMENISTAN: SOCIAL ILLS WORSEN IN DASHOGUZ PROVINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Life in Dashoguz, a mid-sized city with 100,000 residents close to the Uzbek border, has always been hard. The city and central governments favor Turkmen and offer limited opportunities for educational advancement [...] | 2008-05-02 12:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT559 | TURKMENISTAN: REGISTRATION WOES FOR BAPTIST CHURCH IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen Baptist Church of Dashoguz pastor Begjan Shirmedov says it is no easier trying to register his church under President Berdimuhamedov than former President Niyazov. More than two years ago, Shirmedov submitted paper [...] | 2008-05-02 12:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT560 | TURKMENISTAN: REGISTRATION WOES FOR BAPTIST CHURCH IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen Baptist Church of Dashoguz pastor Begjan Shirmedov says it is no easier trying to register his church under President Berdimuhamedov than former President Niyazov. More than two years ago, Shirmedov submitted paper [...] | 2008-05-02 12:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL SOCI KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT562 | TURKMENISTAN: PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE - COST OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Just a day after Turkmenistan unified its dual currency exchange rate at 14,250 manats to the dollar (Ref A) -- a rate which many experts here thinks inflates the manat's real value against the dollar -- authorities seem pr [...] | 2008-05-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT563 | TURKMENISTAN: DOCTOR REPORTS ON HOSPITAL CORRUPTION IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A doctor recently discovered an extensive pharmaceutical theft scheme in a Mary hospital, and the discovery lead to her being fired from her job and beaten. While corrupt officials benefit from malfeasance, it [...] | 2008-05-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AMED SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT564 | INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS' CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, USAID organized a conference on the Introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Turkmenistan as part of its cooperative agreement with the United Nations Development Program ( [...] | 2008-05-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT565 | TURKMENISTAN: RESPONSE ON OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan is a tightly-controlled dictatorship where citizens are not permitted to engage in direct human rights advocacy work. There are no international human rights organizations present, including from United Natio [...] | 2008-05-05 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT571 | TURKMENISTAN: POOR GO THROUGH DUMPSTERS LOOKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Many post personnel live in so-called marble-covered "elite" apartment buildings on prestigious Archabil Avenue. The Berzengi neighborhood, located in the south of Ashgabat with a postcard-view of the Kopetdag Mountains, [...] | 2008-05-05 13:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT577 | FROM ASHGABAT TO MASHHAD: WESTERN DIPLOMATS GET A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Two female Western diplomats made a visit recently to Mashhad, Iran, and got a feel for the city and its residents. Although the city was historically and culturally interesting, the visitors increasingly felt [...] | 2008-05-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI SCUL TX IR |
08ASHGABAT58 | TURKMENISTAN: SENATOR LUGAR RAISES RFE/RL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 11, just before the arrival of SFRC Minority Chairman Senator Richard Lugar, Post received e-mail documentation of harassment by Turkmen authorities of three Turkmenistan citizens who report for RFE/RL. Post pre [...] | 2008-01-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT586 | TURKMENISTAN: MAY 6 PRISONER PARDON DECREE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The May 6 edition of Neytralniy Turkmenistan published the presidential order pardoning another group of prisoners in honor of the Victory Day holiday on May 9. Post reviewed the list of those released, and of the 908 names [...] | 2008-05-07 06:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT587 | TURKMENISTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM GETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers and citizens alike were caught off-guard when Turkmen television reported April 18 that the government had kicked off an effort to revise the national constitution. Although authorities want to presen [...] | 2008-05-07 07:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT590 | CHEVRON READY TO INVEST IN SOCIAL PROJECTS (INCLUDING AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 1, Chevron Nebitgaz (Turkmenistan) President told USAID Representative that Chevron is willing to invest in social development projects prior to signing a contract in Turkmenistan in order to demonstrate its l [...] | 2008-05-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON ENRG EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT6 | TURKMENISTAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Text of Embassy Ashgabat's Investment Climate Statement for 2008 is as follows: BEGIN TEXT: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is a relatively large but sparsely inhabited country (about five million) with abundant hydrocarbon resources. The government regularly proclaims [...] | 2008-01-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR TX |
08ASHGABAT60 | TURKMENISTAN: MOVING TOWARDS A UNIFIED EXCHANGE RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government continues to prohibit almost all currency exchange operations outside of banks. Although the "commercial" rate remains stable for cash operations, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan has not yet issued [...] | 2008-01-14 12:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT604 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN-SPONSORED VICTORY DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian embassy hosted the annual dinner/reception for the dwindling Red Army veteran community. While the event celebrated the end of the Great Patriotic War and the end of the Fascist threat, it was unde [...] | 2008-05-12 09:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI RS TX |
08ASHGABAT606 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT EXHIBITION SHOWCASES CHANGING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's first ever International Exhibition and Conference of Education, Science, Sports and Tourism in the Epoch of Great Revival took place in Ashgabat May 1-3. The exhibition provided additional hope that [...] | 2008-05-13 03:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT615 | TURKMENISTAN: IMF ACCEPTS "NEW DAWN" IN RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 8, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Division Chief (Middle East and Central Asia) Peter Winglee briefed representatives of international organizations on the delegation's recently concluded mission. [...] | 2008-05-14 09:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT617 | TURKMENISTAN: MOSQUE-HOPPING IN ASHGABAT FINDS NO TRACE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff's visit to various Ashgabat mosques revealed the conspicuous absence of the Ruhnama, former President Niyazov's required "spiritual guide," underscoring the book's decline in influence in post-Niyazov Turkmeni [...] | 2008-05-14 09:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF KISL TX |
08ASHGABAT618 | TURKMENISTAN: FOOD PRICES LEVEL OFF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) While the unification of the currency exchange rate at 14,250 manat to the dollar in late April resulted in stress and uncertainty among Turkmenistan's residents, prices for most major market basket items showed little or n [...] | 2008-05-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT63 | TURKMENISTAN: SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGE IN NEWS MEDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 10 meeting with a Public Affairs Section (PAS) assistant, a Ministry of Culture official expressed a desire for greater reform of state news media and increased support for more exchanges with the Un [...] | 2008-01-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SCUL KDEM KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT637 | TURKMENISTAN: COUNCIL ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting with Council on Religious Affairs Deputy Chairman and two junior functionaries revealed that there has been little progress on several issues that have dogged minority religious groups' capacity to eng [...] | 2008-05-16 10:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT638 | TURKMENISTAN: EUROPA HOUSE HELPING FULFILL EU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coordinator for the EU's central clearinghouse for assistance and initiatives in Turkmenistan updated post on the work that Europa House is now doing to implement EU initiatives that will raise the prospects [...] | 2008-05-17 07:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT639 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN TELECOM COMPANY INTRODUCES LIMITED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's government has been moving gradually to act on President Berdimuhamedov's call for universal Internet access. Turkmen Telecom, so far Turkmenistan's sole Internet provider, has signed a contract with [...] | 2008-05-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EINV ECPS TX |
08ASHGABAT640 | TURKMENISTAN'S NORTH: SATELLITE DISHES ON MUD HOUSES, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Turkmenistan's northern city of Dashoguz, PolOff found local residents generally positive about life in their region. Vendors in the city's largest market, which was bustling with activity [...] | 2008-05-19 11:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ TX |
08ASHGABAT647 | TURKMENISTAN: DONORS COMPARE NOTES ON HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from several Western embassies and international organizations met May 16 at the British embassy to compare notes on current and planned projects that focus on human rights and the rule of law. [...] | 2008-05-20 07:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT653 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the areas of education and the human dimension. President Bush met briefly with Preside [...] | 2008-05-21 09:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT656 | SUCCESS OF TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov was in Baku May 19 and 20 for the first visit by a Turkmen president to Azerbaijan in 12 years, and appears to have closed the door on seven years of sour diplomatic relations between th [...] | 2008-05-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ETRD RS AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT66 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS VISIT OF SENATOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On January 11, the Russian-language, government-operated website "Turkmenistan Golden Age" reported on Senator Lugar's arrival in Turkmenistan, giving accurate details on his planned schedule. Similar reports on the same day [...] | 2008-01-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR EPET KPAO OIIP TX |
08ASHGABAT670 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY SPECIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...] | 2008-05-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT671 | TURKMENISTAN CONTINUES TO SHUCK VESTIGES OF NIYAZOV'S [...] (U) In response to April 23 instructions from President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) on May 24 adopted a resolution that returns the names of the months of the year to their Russian (international) names and the names of the days of the week to their traditiona [...] | 2008-05-27 12:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT673 | TURKMENISTAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION UNVEILS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, President Berdimuhamedov delivered a speech, then sat in on a televised constitutional commission meeting where some 10-12 proposals for revision were publicly unveiled for the first time since the pr [...] | 2008-05-27 13:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT676 | TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On May 27, OSCE's human dimension director, Benjamin Moreau reported that during his visit to Turkmenistan last week, the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities Knut Vollebaek, made two proposals to the governmen [...] | 2008-05-29 05:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT685 | TURKMENISTAN: UNODC HOSTS QUARTERLY LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The local UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized a Law Enforcement Donors Coordination meeting on May 22, where representatives from several Western embassies and international organizations met to discuss [...] | 2008-05-29 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT688 | TURKMENISTAN: BOUCHER MEETS OFFICIALS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 28, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher had separate meetings focusing on Democracy/Human Rights and Education. In the meeting with the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Institute Director Shirin [...] | 2008-05-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT692 | FOLLOW-UP TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] Per reftel request, the Embassy on April 30, 2008 conveyed to Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs a diplomatic note regarding USTDA's plan to organize a follow-up conference in September 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan to the April 2007 Central and South Asia Regional Telecommunications Policy [...] | 2008-05-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EINT ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT694 | EXPERTS DOUBT NIYAZOV'S GRAND "TURKMEN LAKE" PROJECT WILL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's plan to construct a man-made lake in the desert to collect agricultural run-off water, initiated under former President Niyazov, is both ambitious and controversial. It has triggered fears of long-t [...] | 2008-05-30 11:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON SENV TX |
08ASHGABAT699 | TURKMENISTAN BANK COUNCIL APPROVES NEXT STEPS TOWARD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24, Turkmenistan's Council of Bank Directors met to discuss the banking sector's transition to International Financial Reporting Standards. Representatives of leading banks in Turkmenistan, including those [...] | 2008-06-02 13:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT7 | TURKMENISTAN PLAYING HARDBALL WITH IRAN OVER GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Now that Turkmenistan has reached agreement with the China National Petroleum Company and Gazprom on new prices for its natural gas, Turkmenistan has turned its focus to Iran, to which it sells approximately 8 billion cubic m [...] | 2008-01-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EPET IR TX |
08ASHGABAT704 | TURKMENISTAN: PLANS FOR EDUCATION REFORM SEEK TO END [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: If all goes according to plan, the 2008 school year should look a lot different than the start of the 2007 school year. Former President Niyazov's "book of the soul," the "Ruhnama," will no longer be taught in scho [...] | 2008-06-03 08:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT710 | TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME COUNCIL APPROVES INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 26, Turkmenistan's Supreme Council on Science and Technology formally approved a proposal from the International Research and Exchanges Board to develop the use of technology for education, science, and rese [...] | 2008-06-03 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT712 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NAVCENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows Assist [...] | 2008-06-04 04:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SCUL SNAR SOCI KDEM |
08ASHGABAT718 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL AND STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Boucher's May 27-30 visit to Turkmenistan received wide media coverage. International media gave positive coverage to Boucher's statements on both economic and human rights issues. State media focused on his remarks of economic progress and U.S. assistance to [...] | 2008-06-05 12:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT727 | TURKMENISTAN: NEGOTIATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: High-level representatives from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India met in Ashgabat in late May to resolve some issues that continue to stand in the way of more substantive negotiations on the envisa [...] | 2008-06-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET ECON ETRD IN PK AF TX |
08ASHGABAT728 | TURKMENISTAN: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] (U) a. Claimant A b. 2004: c. Claimant A concluded a contract on purchasing 3,000 tons of K-354 type carbon black at a price of $320.00 per ton with the State Concern "Turkmen Fertilizers and Chemistry" in November 2004. During 2005, the selling organization failed to deliver t [...] | 2008-06-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BTIO ENRG EINV CASC OPIC TX |
08ASHGABAT732 | TURKMENISTAN: EBRD DIRECTOR DETAILS MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 4 lunch with visiting European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Central Asia Director, Masaru Honma, and new EBRD Resident Representative, Neil McKain, told USAID that as a result of a recent bre [...] | 2008-06-09 06:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AMGT ECON EFIN EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT735 | TURKMENISTAN: PRICEY WHITE MARBLE SUMMER CAMP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, President Berdimuhamedov opened the Nebitchi children's summer camp, a high-class resort for kids located outside of Ashgabat. The state-of-the art white marble facilities, fun activities, and amusement [...] | 2008-06-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT736 | TURKMENISTAN: TURKMENTELEKOM RESUMES PRIVATE INTERNET [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: International press reports and local users indicate that Turkmentelekom is expanding private Internet services by up to twenty homes daily. This is the first time since 2002, when Turkmentelekom froze all new private [...] | 2008-06-09 11:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ANET KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT739 | TURKMENISTAN: ELITE APARTMENTS - II [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan is acknowledging the emerging problem of skyrocketing real estate prices. New elite apartments that have yet to be built are now selling for 2.4 - 3.2 billion manats (the equivalent o [...] | 2008-06-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI KCOR TX |
08ASHGABAT744 | TURKMENISTAN'S OIL EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE: A LESS THAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY. (SBU) On June 6-7, the Government of Turkmenistan held the Exploration of Oil Fields, Oil Production, Refining, and Petrochemicals Exhibition and International Conference. This was the second of three separate events Tu [...] | 2008-06-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT75 | TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: NOW THE IRANIANS ARE BLAMING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) As Turkmenistan's gas pipelines to Iran remain shut off for the second week, both sides have dug in their heels in the natural gas war that began just after the new year. However, Iran continues to rachet up the stakes. Acco [...] | 2008-01-15 11:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET IR TX |
08ASHGABAT754 | TURKMENISTAN REGISTERS FIRST NGO SINCE 2005 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, 2008, Turkmenistan's Ministry of Justice registered the Ak-Bugday Gardeners' Association as a public association. Post believes this is the first non-governmental organization (NGO) registered by the Min [...] | 2008-06-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT76 | TURKMENISTAN: NO MORE SUBSIDIZED GASOLINE? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the president's first cabinet meeting this year on January 11, the Government decided to establish a quota-based fuel-distribution mechanism. Under this plan, Turkmenistan nationals will be given a certain [...] | 2008-01-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT77 | CENTRAL ASIAN NORTH-SOUTH RAILWAY LINE: A LOT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. GREAT HOPES RESTING ON NORTH-SOUTH LINE 2. (SBU) Head of the Ministry of Railway Transportation International Affairs Department Annamurat Horantsanliyev met january 7 with EconOff to discuss the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran Nort [...] | 2008-01-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ELTN IR KZ TX |
08ASHGABAT789 | TURKMENISTAN: POST INPUT TO OSCE PRE-HDIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel request, post provides the following input for the pre-HDIM demarche to the Turkmen government: BEGIN DEMARCHE TEXT: 3. (SBU) The Government of the United Sta [...] | 2008-06-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TX |
08ASHGABAT793 | TURKMENISTAN SENDS FIRST PARTICIPANT TO CDC'S FIELD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: After rejecting repeated invitations for participants since 2004, Turkmenistan sent its first-ever epidemiologist to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's (CDC) USAID-funded Field Epidemiology Training [...] | 2008-06-25 08:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI CDC TX |
08ASHGABAT794 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYERS "WAIT AND SEE" TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Local employees for foreign companies and organizations working in Turkmenistan, most of who are paid in dollars, effectively lost 40% value of their salaries since Turkmenistan's government started unifying the dua [...] | 2008-06-25 11:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON AMGT APER ABUD TX |
08ASHGABAT795 | TURKMENISTAN: GIFTS TO NIYAZOV "RETURNED TO THE PEOPLE" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Culture opened a special exhibition on "Great Reforms of the Revival Era" at the Presidential Museum in the Cultural Center complex on June 24, but, in fact, the exhibit has nothing directly to do with either Pre [...] | 2008-06-26 02:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL TX |
08ASHGABAT797 | TURKMENISTAN: BROAD INTERNET ACCESS FINALLY BECOMING A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan's telecommunications sector has finally started to act on President Berdimuhamedov's call for "Internet access in every home, school, and kindergarten." Russian cellular telecommunica [...] | 2008-06-26 11:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ECPS TX |
08ASHGABAT798 | TURKMENISTAN: DIPLOMATIC CORPS WITNESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a public relations move, not coincidentally taking place during the visit to Turkmenistan of a European Union human rights delegation, the Government of Turkmenistan on June 25 invited members of the diplomati [...] | 2008-06-26 12:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT80 | TURKMENISTAN: APPOINTMENT OF NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the January 11 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov named Deputy Minister of Culture Gulmyrat Myradov the new Minister of Culture and TV/Radio Broadcasting. Myradov is a career civil serva [...] | 2008-01-16 08:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SCUL KPAO OIIP TX |
08ASHGABAT801 | TURKMENISTAN: ENGAGE, ENGAGE, ENGAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the fundamentals of U.S. policy in Central Asia have remained consistent and on-target: to advocate political and economic reform as the keystone of America's strategic interests. After [...] | 2008-06-27 04:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS CH TX |
08ASHGABAT802 | TURKMENISTAN: EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION ALLOWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 25, Turkmenistan's Parliament passed an adjusted State Budget for the 2008 financial year. The revision took place due to the appreciation of the manat against the U.S. dollar -- the currency of Turkmenistan [...] | 2008-06-27 05:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT810 | TURKMENISTAN: BROTHER CONFIRMS ARREST OF FORMER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) PolOff spoke on June 27 with Charygeldy Annaniyazov, the brother of Gulgeldy Annaniyazov, a former political activist who left the country in 2002 after serving almost five years in prison in Turkmenistan. Charygeldy co [...] | 2008-06-30 08:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT812 | TURKMENISTAN: CABINET OF MINISTERS AGAIN PUSHES EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended meeting on June 23, the Cabinet of Ministers discussed, at length, education reform, including planned increases for matriculation into higher education and vocational schools and state support of [...] | 2008-06-30 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT821 | TURKMENISTAN'S STATE COUNTERNARCOTICS AGENCY ASKS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The chief of Turkmenistan's DEA-like State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS),Murad Islamov, said in a June 24 meeting that he is eager to accept technical assistance from the United States and that "we need a fo [...] | 2008-07-02 10:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT822 | TURKMENISTAN'S TELEPHONY SYSTEM APPEARS TO IMPROVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) For the first time since August 2006, Post has been able to complete successfully a monthly emergency telephone system test. This change indicates a basic improvement in Turkmenistan's international dialing capabilities an [...] | 2008-07-02 10:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECPS TX |
08ASHGABAT855 | TURKMENISTAN: UNODC'S CASPIAN SEA INITIATIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The First Caspian Sea Initiative meeting, held in Ashgabat on June 24-26, gave Caspian littoral states a good opportunity to discuss the counternarcotics challenges their countries face. While the attendance of a [...] | 2008-07-09 10:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR IR TX |
08ASHGABAT856 | TURKMENISTAN: BTRP-CTR-GPP DISCUSS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On 16-17 June, Turkmenistan,s Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Health and Medical Industry (MOHMI) received introductory presentations from a U.S./Canadian delegation on the Department of Defense,s Biologica [...] | 2008-07-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS TX |
08ASHGABAT865 | TURKMENISTAN: DRUG ADDICTS HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Families in Turkmenistan afffected by drug abuse struggle daily to help their family members deal with heroin addictions but receive little help from the government. Often, they are forced to choose between cutti [...] | 2008-07-10 12:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT869 | TURKMENISTAN PASSES NEW LAW ON LICENSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Less than two months after amending Turkmenistan's licensing law, President Berdimuhamedov on July 8 signed a newly redrafted licensing law. The new version of the law reduces the list of licensed activities and cl [...] | 2008-07-11 05:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT872 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT STILL MAKES FARMERS GROW WHEAT, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Lack of precipitation this spring and shortage of irrigation water has led to lower crop yields. The government has not released any statistics on the harvest, but the overall production is expected to be lower tha [...] | 2008-07-11 09:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON SENV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT873 | TURKMENISTAN: DESPITE PRESS REPORT, KOREANS NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Turkmenistan.ru website reported that South Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy, Lee Youn-ho, had told President Berdimuhamedov during a July 6 meeting in Astana that the Republic of Korea is setting up a special consort [...] | 2008-07-11 10:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT880 | TURKMENISTAN: UN CENTER FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy, which opened in fall 2007, has started its work. Center officials have traveled to Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, meeting with high-level officials and getting thei [...] | 2008-07-14 11:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MARR UN TX |
08ASHGABAT881 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW CUSTOMS CHAIRMAN SEES NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Customs Service Chairman Yaylym Berdiyev expressed his gratitude for U.S. assistance and eagerly discussed with emboffs his ideas for future cooperation. His first priority is to review all training progra [...] | 2008-07-14 11:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT890 | TURKMENISTAN: EBRD LIKELY TO EMPHASIZE INVESTMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Country Representative Neil McKain told emboffs that he expected new EBRD Head Thomas Mirow to emphasize investment in Central Asia as well as the Caucasus, Turkey, a [...] | 2008-07-15 11:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT9 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN OF [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes the visit to Turkmenistan of Senator Richard G. Lugar, Ranking Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Your visit will advance our bilateral dialogue on energy issues, while rein [...] | 2008-01-04 07:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EPET SCUL OREP TX |
08ASHGABAT900 | TURKMENISTAN: PLANS TO COOPERATE WITH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USAID-funded Quality Learning Project (QLP) started in October 2007, with implementing partners Creative Associates International, Inc. and Abt Associates. The goal of the project is to improve student educati [...] | 2008-07-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT902 | TURKMENISTAN: FAMILIES USE BRIBERY TO PROTECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Turkmenistan, military conscription is highly unpopular. Treatment of conscripts is often very poor, and parents fear for their children's well-being and resent the "wasted time" spent in service. Families us [...] | 2008-07-17 10:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT912 | TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK CONFIRMS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On July 08,2008, USAID/CAR Regional Mission Director Bill Frej met with the Chairman of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, Guvanch Geoklenov, to announce USAID's plan to extend the Accounting/CIPA program in Turkmenistan f [...] | 2008-07-17 12:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT913 | TURKMENISTAN: INCREASE IN AIRFARES HAS LED TO IMPROVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan Airlines (Turkmenistan Hawayollary),previously known for its ridiculously cheap airfares and chaotic, corrupt and inconvenient service, is taking a stab at professionalizing itself. Effective June 1, [...] | 2008-07-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ELTN PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT915 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF COMMUNCIATIONS WELCOMES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 17 meeting with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, Minister of Communications Hojagurbanov acknowledged Turkmenistan's need to stren [...] | 2008-07-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECPS EIND AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT921 | TURKMENISTAN: USTDA FINDS SUPREME COUNCIL ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 17 meeting with U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia Dan Stein, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology Akjeren Allanurova disc [...] | 2008-07-21 05:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EIND TRGY TX |
08ASHGABAT923 | TURKMENISTAN: POST RESPONSE TO CUSTOMS CHAIRMAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting on May 12 at the Department of State (Ref. A),the former Chairman of Turkmenistan's State Customs Service raised some concerns regarding discrepancies in Department of Defense Counternarcotics support at [...] | 2008-07-21 07:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS TX |
08ASHGABAT925 | TURKMENISTAN: DELUGE OF ACCURATE STATE MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the 46 day period between June 1 and July 16, 2008, there were no less than 27 stories - all favorable -- broadcast or printed in Turkmenistan's state news media on the U.S. Embassy, its visitors, or progra [...] | 2008-07-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT926 | TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS MINISTER EAGER FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings on July 16, Turkmenistan's Minister of Oil and Gas, Baymurat Hojamuhammedov, offered U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein and Department of Energy Director for Rus [...] | 2008-07-21 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EPET AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT928 | TURKMENISTAN: LIMITED EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Young people graduating from Turkmenistan's system of secondary education, as well as those who participated in exchanges, are often frustrated by too few opportunities for employment or advancement to higher educat [...] | 2008-07-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI SCUL TX |
08ASHGABAT930 | TURKMENISTAN: AGRICULTURAL FIXES FAIL TO RESOLVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As demonstrated by this year's poor wheat harvest, Turkmenistan's agricultural sector is facing a growing crisis. At fault is the sector's fundamental resistance to change. While the Soviet-era collective farms h [...] | 2008-07-23 07:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT933 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 21 extended cabinet meeting, held to review the government's work over the last six months, President Berdimuhamedov said the country's economic indicators are good enough to increase wages and pens [...] | 2008-07-23 10:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EAGR TX |
08ASHGABAT957 | TURKMENISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16-18, 2008, the Joint Working Group of the Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water and the Turkmenistan Minister of Energy and Industry met in Ashgabat to discuss technical details of the construction o [...] | 2008-07-24 13:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT959 | TURKMENISTAN'S BUSINESS ORGANIZATION LEADERS OFFER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the chairman of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists, Turkmenistan's president is serious about promoting entrepreneurism. To that end, the government has instituted financial incentives tha [...] | 2008-07-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EIND ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT966 | TURKMENISTAN: DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY SEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting tax specialists from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance were impressed with the organized operations of the Main State Tax Service and do not believe that the Service needs Treasury assistance at this time. To keep a foot in the door [...] | 2008-07-28 08:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT98 | TURKMENISTAN: WHY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY SHOULD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to strong encouragement from the West and international financial institutions, the Government of Turkmenistan is finally beginning to pursue a much-needed course of economic and financial reform. Pre [...] | 2008-01-18 11:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EFIN EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT99 | TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On January 16, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a positive reply to USAID's October 29 proposal for cooperation with the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. Areas for cooperation included information e [...] | 2008-01-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT995 | TURKMENISTAN: DETERMINING CULTURAL HISTORY IN A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Cultural identity is illusive in Turkmenistan, due in large part both to Soviet Russification efforts and the inability of Niyazov's Ruhnama to provide a believable and cohesive history. President Berdimuhammedov [...] | 2008-07-31 08:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL TX |
08ASMARA143 | CARE INTERNATIONAL WILL CLOSE ERITREAN OPERATIONS [...] (U) On March 3, CARE International Country Director Dr. Claudia Futterknecht informed the Eritrean Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare (MLHW) that CARE would cease Eritrean operations in three months. CARE provided a letter to the MLHW stating that its decision to close the office was based o [...] | 2008-03-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ECON ER |
08ASMARA164 | Egypt Contemplates Deporting 400 Eritreans [...] (SBU) Ambassador met March 24 with Egyptian Ambassador Ihab Hamouda to discuss the presence of illegal Eritrean immigrants in Egypt, of which Ihab claims there are more than 400. Ihab said the government of Egypt and the Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs are discussing a procedure for retu [...] | 2008-03-26 12:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG EG IS ER |
08ASMARA187 | GSE PAYS NEVSUN 25 MILLION FROM CHINESE LOAN [...] (SBU) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) paid Nevsun A $25 million down payment for purchasing a 30% stake in the Bisha mining project, according to Nevsun and Bisha Mining Share Company General Manager Stan Rogers (please protect). Rogers said the GSE paid with a partial distributi [...] | 2008-04-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON PGOV ER |
08ASMARA197 | GSE CHRONICALLY LATE REPAYING WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) World Bank (WB) Country Manager for Eritrea Chris Lovelace (strictly protect) told Emboff the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) came within mere days of being 60 days past due on a repayment to the WB for the second consecutive time. The first late payment was made "less than a w [...] | 2008-04-04 07:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN EAID ER |
08ASMARA204 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA [...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the January to March 2008 period. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government o [...] | 2008-04-09 14:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
08ASMARA221 | WFP'S ASMARA OFFICE DOWNSIZES TO PRESENCE POST [...] (SBU) World Food Program (WFP) Country Director Rahman Chowdhury paid a farewell visit to the ambassador on April 16 to discuss the downsizing of WFP's presence and food security in Eritrea. Chowdhury said the WFP will convert its office from program facilitation to a presence post, given the [...] | 2008-04-22 15:32:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA223 | MFA ASSERTS GSE WILLINGNESS FOR REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Director of East African Affairs James Knight met on April 17 with Eritrea's Acting Foreign Minister, Fessehazion Petros, to discuss bilateral relations and regional dynamics. Knight emphasized the need for Eritrea to lift restrictions on Embassy Asmara and stressed the i [...] | 2008-04-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KREC ER ET |
08ASMARA225 | EC SHEDS LIGHT ON CONFISCATED FOOD AID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European Commission (EC) First Secretary Stephane Halgand (protect) told Emboffs the EC, with the full cooperation of the Eritrean government, is reviewing the seizing of 12,500 metric tons (MT) of its food aid in spring 2006. The review will likely recommend retroactively ame [...] | 2008-04-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA236 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - ERITREA [...] (SBU) The following answers are keyed to reftel. Point of contact is Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-120004. ---------------- 2. (SBU) DEMAND ---------------- Wheat, sorghum, and teff are the most important agricultural commodities in Eritrea and are extremely scarce. W [...] | 2008-04-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA240 | RESPONSE: CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN ERITREA [...] (SBU) CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ERITREA --------------------------------------- The relationship between the Government of China (GOC) and the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) is strong. President Isaias visited President Hu during the China-Africa Summit in November 2006. During a Ja [...] | 2008-05-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EMIN PREL ER |
08ASMARA26 | TWO UNMEE DRIVERS CONSCRIPTED INTO EDF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO ASEC ER |
08ASMARA269 | SHEIKH AWEYS: LIVE FROM ASMARA [...] (SBU) Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys led a televised press conference with Al-Jazeera in Asmara on May 15. In the conference, Aweys condemned the members of the Asmara-based Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) who traveled to Djibouti for UN-brokered discussions with Somali's Transitio [...] | 2008-05-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR SO ER |
08ASMARA306 | ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENTS MARK ANOTHER ERITREAN [...] (SBU) Summary: As in the past two years, President Isaias used the May 24 Eritrean Liberation Day festivities to lambast the U.S. Administration for its policies on the Eritrean-Ethiopian border and in the Horn of Africa, and to blame the United States for virtually all economic and political [...] | 2008-06-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP SOCI ER |
08ASMARA317 | SUNRIDGE STRIKES GOLD NEAR ASMARA [...] (SBU) Vancouver-based Sunridge Gold Corporation of Eritrea chief engineer David Doud (protect) told Conoff of a large discovery of gold, silver, copper, and zinc at Adi Nefas, 4 miles northwest of Asmara. Doud conservatively estimated gross revenues from the find at around $1 billion, less ca [...] | 2008-06-13 06:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN ER |
08ASMARA325 | PRESIDENT ISAIAS - BREAD AND PASTA ARE LUXURIES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Isaias Afwerki appeared to be preparing the Eritrean people for future reduced supplies of basic foodstuffs in recent interviews and speeches, including his May 24 Liberation Day address. High import costs and heavy subsidies have combined to lead Eritrea's command ec [...] | 2008-06-18 09:14:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA343 | POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH KEREN LEADERS DURING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 07:33:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ER |
08ASMARA346 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA [...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the April to June 2008 period. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government of th [...] | 2008-07-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
08ASMARA391 | SQUEEZING ERITREAN FARMERS TO FEED THE TROOPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 10:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EAID ECON MOPS ER |
08ASMARA402 | SQUEEZING ERITREAN FARMERS TO FEED THE TROOPS [...] (U) Why Most Eritreans are Skinny -------------------------------------- Most Eritreans are poor farmers who barely scratch out a living in this dry, rocky country. In a good year Eritrea can produce only 80% of its food needs, yet the Isaias regime spurns food aid. UNICEF reports that 40% [...] | 2008-08-13 12:59:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EAID ECON MOPS ER |
08ASMARA420 | NGO STAFF TAKEN AT GUNPOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) soldiers invaded NGO compounds August 14, rounding up local employees (reftel). Though most employees were later returned, the GSE took several to the Wi'a military prison camp. Employees of diplomatic missions were not affected, alth [...] | 2008-08-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ER |
08ASMARA426 | MFA HAS NO FORMAL OPINION ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GG RS ER |
08ASMARA427 | IMMIGRATION DEPT FURTHER RESTRICTS PASSPORTS AND [...] (SBU) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) suspended without explanation most exit visa and passport services to Eritrean citizens on August 11. Embassy contacts believe the GSE was responding to increased corruption, noting many individuals otherwise unqualified for passports or exi [...] | 2008-08-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CACS PGOV ER |
08ASMARA429 | NGO STAFF TAKEN AT GUNPOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) soldiers invaded NGO compounds August 14, rounding up local employees (reftel). Though most employees were later returned, the GSE took several to the Wi'a military prison camp. Employees of diplomatic missions were not affected, althou [...] | 2008-08-28 07:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ER |
08ASMARA480 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA [...] (U) The following is a summary of fraud conditions in Asmara from April to September 2008. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government of the Sta [...] | 2008-10-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
08ASMARA49 | SOMALI REFUGEES IN ERITREA [...] (SBU) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Eritrea Vedasto Joseph Mwesiga and UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Alvin Gonzaga informed Emboffs that there are 4,789 Somali refugees in Eritrea located in the Emkulu Camp outside of Massawa. Mwesiga said that the m [...] | 2008-02-01 06:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM SO ER |
08ASMARA602 | ERITREA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] In 2008, Eritrea experienced no major act of international terrorism. The Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs announced in August 2007 that the USG was compiling information in consideration of putting Eritrea on the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism for its alleged suppor [...] | 2008-12-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC ER |
08ASMARA71 | MORE MILITARY ROUNDUPS IN ASMARA [...] (SBU) RSO, DAO, and CLO witnessed Eritrean soldiers detaining Eritrean males in a roundup on 02/12/08 near the Intercontinental Hotel. Several groups of three to four soldiers, armed with clubs and rifles, were detaining Eritreans on the side of the road and walking them to a police station n [...] | 2008-02-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC MOPS ER |
08ASMARA73 | SHEIKH SHARIF AHMED - MARCH TO NOVEMBER 2007 TRAVELS [...] (SBU) Based on review of passport pages provided to post by a Western Mission, Post has determined the following international travels for Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed from March to November 2007. Sharif traveled on Somali passport number A001277 [...] | 2008-02-14 08:24:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SO ER |
08ASMARA86 | UNMEE "REGROUPING" [...] (SBU) UNMEE Force Commander General Taisir told the ambassador February 20 that the movement to consolidate UNMEE forces in Asmara and Assab was underway and was generally "OK, except in some areas." 2. (SBU) He said 200 of the 500 Jordanians were back in Asmara and he expected the other 30 [...] | 2008-02-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PBTS MOPS PREL ER |
08ASTANA1005 | KAZAKHSTAN LEANS TOWARD AMB. SWING AS IOM DG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 07:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG AORC KZ |
08ASTANA1065 | KAZAKHSTAN - PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV REFUTES RUMORS OF [...] (SBU) Rumors have been swirling around Astana in recent weeks that President Nazarbayev will announce his resignation on July 6 -- Nazarbayev's 68th birthday and the day the country will officially celebrate Astana's 10th anniversary as Kazakhstan's capital. (Note: Several heads of state, inc [...] | 2008-06-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1111 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIP REPORT DELIVED [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the annual Trafficking in Persons Report to Director of the Department of International Law of the Ministry of Justice Elvira Abilkhasimovna Azimova. A copy of the Kazakhstan narrative and non-paper were provided. The Ministry of Justice was complimented for [...] | 2008-06-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCRIM KZ |
08ASTANA1147 | KAZAKHSTAN - EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN [...] (U) This cable constitutes post's input on Kazakhstan democracy and human rights concerns for demarches in preparation of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). Democracy and Political Rights ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) When Kazakkhstan was selected as 2010 O [...] | 2008-06-18 06:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1158 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS'S VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN FOR [...] (SBU) Your visit to Kazakhstan for the annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly comes at a particularly opportune time. With its recent selection as 2010 OSCE chairman and thriving energy sector, Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The country is r [...] | 2008-06-20 05:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON OSCE OVIP OTRA KZ |
08ASTANA1164 | KAZAKHSTAN - 2008 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) This cable constitutes post's response to reftel. The United States Government is aware of recent claims by two (2) United States persons against the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK). Claimant B's dispute was fully resolved during the reporting period. 2. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 19 [...] | 2008-06-23 06:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIDE CASC EINV OPIC PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1195 | PAVLODAR - CIVIL SOCIETY SHOWS SIGNS OF INCREASED [...] (SBU) Emboffs visited Pavlodar during June 4 to June 6 and met with the Akimat (local government administration),the ruling Nur Otan party, opposition political parties, a representative of the Central Election Commission, media, and NGOs. Akimat officials were upbeat regarding both the poli [...] | 2008-06-30 12:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON KZ |
08ASTANA1202 | KAZAKHSTAN - NOMINEES FOR THE MAKTOUM FOUNDATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post would like to submit the following Kazakhstani entrepreneurs as possible participants in the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference in Dubai. Please note that the nominees are all ethnic Kazakhs, which means we believe they are all Muslims by ancestry, but we do not [...] | 2008-07-02 01:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KZ |
08ASTANA1211 | SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN - ASIA SOCIETY CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Asia Society's Second Kazakhstan International Business Conference was held June 12-14 in Astana. The event brought together businessmen from Kazakhstan and abroad, government officials, diplomats, and academics to discuss obstacles to and opportunities for economic development in Kaz [...] | 2008-07-03 06:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ |
08ASTANA1220 | KAZAKHSTAN - SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE SEEKS FURTHER USG [...] (SBU) On June 18, Ambassador Ordway and USAID Regional Director Bill Frej attended the opening ceremony for a USAID-funded courtroom recording system in Astana. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Kairat Mami, attended as well. After the ceremony and a brief demonstration, M [...] | 2008-07-08 11:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KZ |
08ASTANA1225 | KAZAKHSTAN - ROUND TABLE ON POLITICAL PARTY LEGISLATION [...] Summary: On July 1, the NDI and IRI organized a round-table on Kazakhstan's political party law which also included broader discussion of Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments. All the major parties were represented, including the ruling Nur Otan party. Several participants presented concrete propo [...] | 2008-07-09 07:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1271 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 22-23 [...] (SBU) Your visit to Astana will acquaint you more intimately with the dynamic developments in Kazakhstan's energy sector. U.S. and Kazakhstani strategic interests are essentially aligned regarding Kazakhstan's vast energy resources. The Kazakhstanis agree with us that U.S. and Western compani [...] | 2008-07-16 04:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1279 | KAZAKHSTAN - ASTANA CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN GRAND [...] (SBU) Astana celebrated its 10th anniversary as Kazakhstan's capital on July 6. The jubilee consisted of a week of events, ranging from monument dedications and gala concerts to an official anniversary ceremony attended by nine foreign heads of state, including Russian President Medvedev. The [...] | 2008-07-17 01:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL ECON KZ |
08ASTANA128 | KAZAKHSTAN CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR TIFA, REQUESTS [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered Ambassador Donnelly's letter to Vice Industry and Trade Minister Aitzhanova(Reftel A) on January 15 via Damigul Kabieyeva, Head of the Ministry's WTO accession department. Econoff simultaneously delivered TIFA demarche points (Reftel B) to Kabiyeva and her deputy, Saad [...] | 2008-01-28 08:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL AF KG TI TX UZ |
08ASTANA1288 | USOSCE DCM SCOTT DISCUSSES MADRID COMMITMENTS [...] SUMMARY: During his June 26-30 trip to Kazakhstan, USOSCE DCM Kyle Scott met with government officials and opposition and civil society leaders to discuss Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments. In meetings held after President Nazarbayev's June 29 speech, government officials strove to reassure DCM [...] | 2008-07-18 11:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL ECON KZ |
08ASTANA1321 | KAZAKHSTAN - LAUNCH OF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC [...] (U) Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and Commerce DAS Paul Dyck joined Kazakhstani Prime Minister Masimov and a delegation of U.S. and Kazakhstani public and private sector officials to launch the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public-Private Economic Partnership Initia [...] | 2008-07-23 01:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID PREL PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA133 | 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - KAZAKHSTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-29 02:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PREL OPIC KTDB USTR |
08ASTANA1341 | KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA1355 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REID'S AUGUST 7-8 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Your visit to Kazakhstan comes at a particularly opportune time. With its recent selection as 2010 OSCE chairman and thriving energy sector, Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The country is rightly proud of its achievements: a booming economy, larg [...] | 2008-07-28 04:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV ECON OVIP OTRA KZ |
08ASTANA1368 | KAZAKHSTAN - ASTANA CONFERENCE DISCUSSES SULFUR STORAGE, [...] (U) The Kazakhstan-Canada Business Association (KCBA),in partnership with Canada's Alberta Sulfur Research Ltd. organized the First International Conference on Sulfur Reutilization and Sustainable Development in Astana on July 9. Representatives of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources [...] | 2008-07-30 10:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET SENV PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA146 | 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - KAZAKHSTAN [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel request. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy since its independence in 1991. The European Union in 2000 and the U.S. Department of [...] | 2008-01-29 09:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PREL OPIC KTDB USTR |
08ASTANA1500 | KAZAKHSTAN ASKS FOR GREATER USG ASSISTANCE ON GI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) On August 12, we met with Sergey Saveliyev, MFA's Deputy Director of International Security Department, to discuss the upcoming seminar on battling nuclear terrorism organized under the auspices of Global Initiative. The semin [...] | 2008-08-12 10:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA1531 | KAZAKHSTAN TO LIFT WHEAT EXPORT BAN [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Masimov announced at an August 16 meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture that Kazakhstan would lift its ban on wheat exports, effective September 1. This move was long anticipated. Our government interlocutors had previously emphasized to us on several occasions that the [...] | 2008-08-19 11:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL EAID KZ |
08ASTANA1562 | KAZAKHSTAN'S GERMAN MINORITY IS MORE THAN JUST A SHOWPIECE [...] (SBU) Although their community shrank dramatically in the 1990s, ethnic Germans remain one of the largest and best organized minority groups in Kazakhstan. The German government provides the German minority significant resources to strengthen its minority Association, improve its economic pros [...] | 2008-08-21 11:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL ECON KZ |
08ASTANA1567 | KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Advisor at the MFA's International Cooperation Department. Kasenov gladly welcomed the USG proposal to pass the invitation for the upcoming GI exercise via a joint demarche [...] | 2008-08-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KGIT KGIC KZ |
08ASTANA16 | STIRRED, NOT SHAKEN: KAZAKHSTAN MANAGES THE LIQUIDITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Top officials at the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Financial Supervision Agency, as well as Kazakhstan's leading bankers see a very low risk of a default by a major Kazakhstani bank. The difficulties for the banking sector and the economy at large resulting from the globa [...] | 2008-01-04 02:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN EINV KTDB KZ |
08ASTANA1646 | KAZAKHSTAN - KARACHAGANAK FACES DIFFICULTIES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan's Karachaganak field has large proven reserves of natural gas, but further Karachaganak expansion (i.e., a Phase III) faces obstacles, including administrative delays. The Karachaganak consortium, KPO, maintains that it was recently pressured into paying an environmen [...] | 2008-09-03 06:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1647 | KAZAKHSTAN - NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (U) Summary: In a September 2 speech to Parliament, President Nazarbayev called for negotiations on the Georgia conflict based on Sarkozy's six points and fundamental principals of international law. He publicly discussed Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments for just the second time, promising th [...] | 2008-09-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON KZ GG RS |
08ASTANA1649 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREVENTING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on preventing Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium on September 2 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev expressed the Government of Kazakhstan's continuing support for strong no [...] | 2008-09-03 11:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR MNUC KZ PREL |
08ASTANA1662 | KAZAKHSTAN DECLINES OFFER OF JOINT DEMARCHE ON GI [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points on the USG offer to do a joint demarche encouraging participation in Kazakhstan's upcoming Global Initiative event to Sergey Saveliyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on September 2. Saveliyev thanked the USG for its willi [...] | 2008-09-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KZ KNNP PARM PREL PTER |
08ASTANA1669 | KAZAKHSTAN - FAA DISCUSSES CIVIL AVIATION ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Brian Staurseth, Moscow-based Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Senior Representative for the CIS, visited Astana from August 25-28, 2008 for meetings with Mukhit Kubayev, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee; Marat Dautaliyev, Deputy Director General of KazAeroNavigatsiya; Johar [...] | 2008-09-05 06:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1671 | KAZAKHSTAN - COMMON WORLD FORUM DRAFT COMMUNIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador participated in the Common World Forum senior officials meeting (SOM),which was held in Astana during August 28-29. The majority of European countries were represented by their embassies in Kazakhstan and most of the Muslim countries by senior-level MFA officia [...] | 2008-09-05 09:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL KZ |
08ASTANA1672 | KAZAKHSTAN - KMG EXPRESSES OPTIMISM ON CPC EXPANSION [...] (SBU) KazMunaiGas (KMG) head Kairgeldy Kabyldin told the Ambassador on September 2 that progress was being made in negotiations over the expansion of the CPC pipeline. Transneft CEO Nikolay Tokarev was in Astana, along with ExxonMobil and Chevron executives, to continue discussions on the iss [...] | 2008-09-08 01:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1699 | KAZAKHSTAN - MASIMOV AND MYNBAYEV STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) The 3rd annual KazEnergy Eurasian Energy Forum was held in Astana during September 4-5. In opening remarks, Prime Minister Masimov promised that Kazakhstan "will always be a reliable and dependable international partner," stressing that Kazakhstan's "principled stand" is "to ensure stabili [...] | 2008-09-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1702 | KAZAKHSTAN - NEW PRESIDENT OF KAZMUNAIGAZ ON NATIONAL OIL [...] (SBU) New KazMunaiGas (KMG) head Kairgeldy Kabyldin outlined for the Ambassador his company's strategic priorities in a September 2 meeting. He said that despite the conflict in Georgia, Kazakhstan remained committed to exporting crude through the Caucasus. Kabyldin explained that the Kazakhst [...] | 2008-09-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1710 | KAZAKHSTAN - LETTERS DELIVERED REQUESTING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Ambassador on September 8 hand-delivered a letter requesting $13 million in additional Kazakhstani financial support for the BN-350 spent fuel disposition program to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev. Mynbayev promised to review the letter carefull [...] | 2008-09-10 06:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC ENRG PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1767 | KAZAKHSTAN - BAKER HUGHES SAYS BUSINESS IS GOOD AND ABOUT [...] (SBU) Baker Hughes Country Director for Kazakhstan Don McKelvie and Houston-based Government Relations Director Jennifer Cutaia told the Ambassador on September 10 that their company's business in Kazakhstan is good and will likely get even better, once Tengizchevroil (TCO) completes constructi [...] | 2008-09-12 07:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1807 | KAZAKHSTAN - POLL INDICATES PUBLIC SYMPATHIES ARE WITH [...] (U) Summary: The results of an opinion poll indicate that the Kazakhstani public has largely adopted the South Ossetian and Russian viewpoint with respect to the conflict in Georgia. Overall, 40.2 percent of poll respondents sympathized most with the South Ossetians, compared to just 2.7 perc [...] | 2008-09-17 11:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR SOCI KZ GG RS |
08ASTANA1815 | KAZAKHSTAN - WORKING GROUP SUBMITS RECOMMENDATIONS ON [...] (SBU) The Information and Culture Ministry's working group on amendments to Kazakhstan's media law has forwarded a "concept" for the amendments and nine specific proposals to the Ministry of Justice for further action. Two NGOs that participated in the working group complained to us that the n [...] | 2008-09-19 09:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA1863 | KAZAKHSTAN - CHARGE'S VISIT TO HARE KRISHNA SITE ATTRACTS [...] (SBU) The Charge visited the Hare Krishna community 20 kilometers outside of Almaty on September 17. The Krisha community's property at this site has been the subject of a long-running dispute with local authorities, who have tried to force the Krishnas off of their valuable land plot. The he [...] | 2008-09-24 11:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1865 | KAZAKHSTAN - ATYRAU OIL REFINERY LOOKS TO UPGRADE [...] (SBU) Charge and Energy Officer met with Kairat Urazbayev, First Deputy General Director of the Atyrau oil refinery, on September 18 and toured the refinery's processing facilities. The original plant was built in 1936, but was upgraded most recently in 2006. It is therefore, said Urazbayev, [...] | 2008-09-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1868 | KAZAKHSTAN - CASPIAN OIL PRODUCTION, PLANS, AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Oil production at Tengiz has expanded to 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) and the Kashagan consortium is expected to produce at least 150,000 bpd by 2013 and up to 1.5 million bpd by 2020. Tengizchevroil (TCO) could easily increase oil production to 600,000 bpd but is constrained [...] | 2008-09-25 02:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1870 | KAZAKHSTAN - DECISION NOT TO INVEST IN BATUMI REFINERY [...] (SBU) Energy Officer spoke on September 25 to Nurlan Sauranbayev, Managing Director of Oil Transportation at KazMunaiGas (KMG),about press reports that KMG has abandoned plans to invest $1 billion in an oil refinery in the Georgian port city of Batumi. Sauranbayev confirmed that KMG decided n [...] | 2008-09-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ GG |
08ASTANA1910 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT TO PRESENT DRAFT OF NEW SUBSOIL LAW [...] (SBU) The Government of Kazakhstan will present to Parliament in October a draft of a new law on subsoil use. The proposed legislation would require separate contracts for exploration and production operations, put shorter time limits on exploration contracts, enhance the government's authorit [...] | 2008-09-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1946 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, SEPTEMBER 15-26, 2008 [...] (U) The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF THE KAZAKH LANGUAGE 2. (U) On September 21 in Almaty, sev [...] | 2008-10-01 12:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA1964 | KAZAKHSTAN: DOING BUSINESS IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 18-20, DCM and Energy Officer visited Atyrau, the oil capital of Kazakhstan on the northeastern Caspian coastline. Local government officials said that they welcome foreign investment and expressed int [...] | 2008-10-03 07:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA1965 | KAZAKHSTAN: YOUNG, WESTERN-EDUCATED OFFICIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Daulet Yergozhin was named chairman of the Ministry of Finance's Tax Committee on October 1. The 32 year-old Yergozhin, a fluent English speaker who received an MBA from Suffolk University in Massachusetts in 2003, had been vi [...] | 2008-10-03 07:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA1966 | KAZAKHSTAN: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Three opposition leaders met separately with criminal investigators on September 29 in connection with charges that they harbored a fugitive in a murder case. Authorities named one of the three, OSDP Deputy Chairman [...] | 2008-10-03 07:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA1967 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper reaffirming the importance of implementing all UN Security Council resolutions adopted on Iran to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Counselor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on October 3. Kasenov expressed the Gov [...] | 2008-10-03 12:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP IR KZ |
08ASTANA1968 | KAZAKHSTAN: MILITARY UNITS SOON MAY BE READY TO DEPLOY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified (military FOUO). Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A NATO evaluation team judged the Kazakhstani deployable battalion (KAZBAT) "interoperable and deployable," but did note some deficiencies. ARCENT experts believe that the deficiencies are not insu [...] | 2008-10-05 07:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MOPS NATO KZ |
08ASTANA1974 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS SIGNS MAJOR OFFSHORE DEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 5, ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company, KazMunaiGas (KMG),and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for the exploration and development of th [...] | 2008-10-06 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS TX KZ |
08ASTANA1976 | KAZAKHSTAN: NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF RUSSIAN PRESSURE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Georgian media have alleged that a Kazakhstani grain shipment to Georgia was delayed because of Russian pressure. We spoke to several sources in Kazakhstan and could find no clear evidence that this was the ca [...] | 2008-10-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON GG RS KZ |
08ASTANA1977 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES BRIEF AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Several international oil companies active in Kazakhstan briefed the Ambassador on their current operations and future plans in separate meetings during September 30 to October 2. They reported that negotiations on [...] | 2008-10-06 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV ELAB TX GG RS KZ |
08ASTANA1978 | KAZAKHSTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS BRING NO SURPRISES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Kazakhstan's October 4 Senate elections passed with no surprises, with a landslide victory for the ruling Nur Otan party. Nur Otan-dominated regional and local maslikhats (legislatures) voted into office sixteen senators, o [...] | 2008-10-06 11:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2008 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS PRESIDENT DISCUSSES GEORGIA, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: KazMunaiGas (KMG) President Kairgeldy Kabyldin informed Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Steve Mann on October 6 that Kazakhstan remains committed to its strategic investments in Georgia. Kabyldin r [...] | 2008-10-08 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET EINV GG KZ |
08ASTANA2019 | KAZAKHSTAN: HARE KRISHNAS TAKEN TO COURT OVER LEGALITY OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Almaty Hare Krishna Society will head to court again on October 13 over the plot of land that has been the subject of a long-standing dispute with local authorities. The Karasai District Court will decide whether the [...] | 2008-10-10 11:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF KZ |
08ASTANA2025 | KAZAKHSTAN: KASHAGAN PROJECT UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 4, Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Steve Mann visited the offshore and onshore facilities of the North Caspian Sea Production Sharing Agreement project -- also known as Kashagan -- with [...] | 2008-10-14 10:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2032 | KAZAKHSTAN: EMBASSY HOSTS MADRASSA STUDENTS FOR IFTAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 28, Embassy Astana hosted a group of students from the Astana madrassa for an iftar. This was the first time that most of the students had met Americans or visited an American home. The evening went a [...] | 2008-10-15 04:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KISL KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2036 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS DECREE ON CTR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Sarybay called in the Ambassador on October 15 to inform him that President Nazarbayev had signed a decree on the amended Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Umbrella Agreement under which the Kazakhs [...] | 2008-10-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MNUC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2070 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV ANNOUNCES MAJOR STEPS TO DEAL WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev announced on October 13 major steps the government will take to deal with the global financial crisis. The Samruk state assets holding company and Kazyna Sustainable Development Fund will be m [...] | 2008-10-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2071 | KAZAKHSTAN: PHONE CONVERSATIONS RELEASED BY ALIYEV RAISE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev's ex-son-in-law, Rakhat Aliyev, posted on the Internet recordings of alleged phone conversations involving former Presidential Administration Chief Adylbek Dzhaksybekov, former National Securit [...] | 2008-10-17 02:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2079 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) and the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Office (INL) met with Colonel Nygmedzhan Saparov, the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Combating Drug Traffic [...] | 2008-10-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2083 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXXON-MOBIL PROVIDES UPDATE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador met on October 20 with Steve Rose, General Manager for ExxonMobil Kazakhstan and a direct participant in the ongoing negotiations to amend the Kashagan agreement. Rose said that the Kashagan partners (KazMu [...] | 2008-10-20 12:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2084 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIMUR KULIBAYEV NAMED AS CO-DEPUTY HEAD OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On October 17, President Nazarbayev's son-in-law, Timur Kulibayev, was appointed as one of two Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of the Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund, which was established on October 13 through the [...] | 2008-10-20 12:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2086 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES SUCCESS TEMPERED BY CONCERNS OVER PRICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 9, AES Country Manager Mike Jonagan briefed the Ambassador on the history of AES's investments in Kazakhstan's power sector, outlined a proposed solution to pending anti-monopoly charges, and expressed [...] | 2008-10-22 04:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV ENRG KG KZ |
08ASTANA2087 | KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY EXPRESSES FURTHER INTEREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8, USAID led an emergency meeting to resolve issues related to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan's Administration Committee. USAID met with the Chairman of the Committee [...] | 2008-10-22 04:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KZ |
08ASTANA2092 | KAZAKHSTAN: COMMON WORLD FORUM MINISTERIAL BRINGS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad led the U.S. delegation to the October 17 Common World Forum ministerial meeting in Astana. Aimed at promoting understanding between the Muslim world and the [...] | 2008-10-22 10:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF KZ |
08ASTANA2095 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 15 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, World Bank Country Manager for Kazakhstan Sergei Shatalov provided his views on the state of the Kazakhstani economy, discussed the government's [...] | 2008-10-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ |
08ASTANA2098 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL EXCITED ABOUT NEW NORTH CASPIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 21, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan's New Business Development Manager Peter Claypool (protect) described to Energy Officer a promising onshore North Caspian development opportunity that ExxonMobil has pursued qu [...] | 2008-10-23 06:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2115 | ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK DIRECTOR LAYS OUT HIS PRIORITIES IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 24, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Stephen Wermert briefed the Ambassador on ADB's current priorities in Kazakhstan, touted the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program and the [...] | 2008-10-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2116 | KAZAKHSTAN: CITIBANK EXECUTIVES DISCUSS THEIR LOCAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Shirish Apte, CEO of Citibank Central and Eastern Europe, and Dan Connelly, CEO of Citibank Kazakhstan, described Citibank as doing very well in Kazakhstan. They [...] | 2008-10-24 11:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2119 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF OF FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT LAYS OUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On October 1, the Minister of Finance appointed Mussiraly Utebayev to head the Committee on Financial Monitoring, which is Kazakhstan's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Representatives of the Embassy's Office of I [...] | 2008-10-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2124 | KAZAKHSTAN: UST-KAMENOGORSK,S EASTERN MINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met on September 10 in Ust-Kamenogorsk with the Director of the Eastern Mining Institute, a largely self-financing research entity that had been part of a mining conglomerate during the Soviet era. He dis [...] | 2008-10-28 08:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN BTIO TNGD KZ |
08ASTANA2126 | KAZAKHSTAN: ULBA METALLURGICAL PLANT SECURE AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met on September 10 in Ust-Kamenogorsk with several officials from the Ulba Metallurgical Plant, Kazakhstan's leading uranium production enterprise, to discuss the company's business plans. Ulba is trying [...] | 2008-10-28 09:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ENRG EINV OREP KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2127 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPTIMISM IN EAST KAZAKHSTAN OBLAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Ust-Kamenogorsk, the capital of East Kazakhstan oblast, September 10-13. In addition to attending a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism exercise (see reftel),poloff also conducted a serie [...] | 2008-10-28 09:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KWMN KCRM CH KZ |
08ASTANA2144 | KAZAKHSTAN: BP SUPPORTS CPC EXPANSION - AT THE RIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 29, Jonathan Popper of British Petroleum's (BP) Exploration Operating Company, briefed Energy Officer on the status of negotiations to expand the capacity of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeli [...] | 2008-10-30 08:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2156 | CENTRAL ASIAN LEADERS REACH AGREEMENT ON WATER AND ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The presidents of the five Central Asian states overcame their disagreements and signed an agreement in Bishkek on October 10 to share water and energy resources this winter. One expert sees Gazprom's influence beh [...] | 2008-10-31 09:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV TX TI KG UZ KZ |
08ASTANA2160 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on discouraging participation in Iran,s November 30 "First International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development" on October 31 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Coope [...] | 2008-10-31 11:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC TRGY KNNP IR KZ |
08ASTANA2161 | KAZAKHSTAN PROVIDES UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On October 21, we delivered reftel points requesting updated Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism contact information for Kazakhstan to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Counselor in the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Kasenov expressed the Government of Kazakhstan,s continu [...] | 2008-10-31 12:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER MCAP KGIC KZ |
08ASTANA2166 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER'S NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Kazakhstan will be most useful to reinforce the importance we place on the U.S.-Kazakhstan strategic partnership. Both Secretary of State Rice and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad visited Astana in October. With its selection as 2010 OSCE ch [...] | 2008-11-03 09:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET OREP KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2168 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on designating additional Iranian entities and individuals under Executive Order 13382 on November 3 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev promised to pass our non-paper to appropriate a [...] | 2008-11-03 16:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL EFIN MNUC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2175 | KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL'S CANDID CONVERSATION WITH UK EURASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 31, energy officer was the only non-British government official invited to a briefing by Neil Carmichael (protect),Shell's General Manager for Business Development in Central Asia, given to British ene [...] | 2008-11-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2176 | KAZAKHSTAN: KASHAGAN AMENDMENT FINALLY SIGNED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 31, Minister of Energy Mynbayev and Kashagan consortium partners KazMunayGas, ExxonMobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Shell, and INPEX signed four documents amending the Kashagan production sharing agreement [...] | 2008-11-04 11:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2177 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES LOSES SUPREME COURT APPEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. AES Country Manager Mike Jonagan informed the Ambassador on November 4 that AES lost its final appeal to the Kazakhstan Supreme Court on charges of engaging in profiteering and monopoly behavior. AES will send a [...] | 2008-11-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2182 | KAZAKHSTAN: ELECTION EVENTS RAISE AWARENESS OF AMERICAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Mission Kazakhstan conducted a wide variety of events to raise awareness of the 2008 U.S. elections in Kazakhstan and underscore our commitment to democratic values. Activities included distributing election-related [...] | 2008-11-05 11:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL OIIP KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2194 | KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION AND CULTURE MINISTER SAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 5 meeting, the Ambassador stressed to Information and Culture Minister Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed the importance of Kazakhstan's follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Kul-Mukh [...] | 2008-11-07 06:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2195 | KAZAKHSTAN: CRUDE EXPORT DUTY RAISES CONCERNS, GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan introduced an export duty on crude oil and oil products through a government decree issued on April 8. The rate for the crude duty is calculated based on a formula linked to the price of Brent crude. I [...] | 2008-11-07 06:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2225 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUSH ON RENEWABLE ENERGY, KYOTO PROTOCOL IS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Presidential Administration official told us on October 31 that a draft law on renewable energy currently in Parliament is expected to be passed before the end of the year. The Ministry of Energy will create a ne [...] | 2008-11-10 02:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EINV SENV KZ |
08ASTANA2226 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSED TAX CODE CHANGES COULD IMPACT OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In September, the Ministry of Finance submitted several proposed changes to the tax code to Parliament. If Parliament adopts the amendments, the changes will take effect January 1, 2009. A major objective of the [...] | 2008-11-10 02:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2231 | KAZAKHSTAN: WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN ACCOMPLISH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Capital Partners develops luxury projects in Almaty, Astana, Moscow, and Istanbul, including for J.W. Marriott and its related Ritz-Carlton brand. In Almaty, Capital Partners is developing for Marrio [...] | 2008-11-10 11:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2232 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZATOMPROM PLAYS LEAD ROLE IN COUNTRY'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan has more than one million tons of uranium reserves, 15% of the world's total and the largest reserves after Australia. The country is currently the world's third largest uranium producer after Canada a [...] | 2008-11-10 11:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2234 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REQUESTING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper requesting support from Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) participating governments for amending NSG guidelines on transfers of enrichment and reprocessing technology and equipment on November 10 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Depart [...] | 2008-11-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP IAEA TRGY KZ |
08ASTANA2249 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with leaders of four key opposition parties in Almaty on November 6. They told him that while they expect "great change" from the new U.S. Administration, they do not foresee any drastic shifts [...] | 2008-11-13 11:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO RS KZ |
08ASTANA2252 | KAZAKHSTAN: ATYRAU AKIM EAGER FOR UNBIASED NEWS, ANXIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11, the Ambassador held his first meeting with Atyrau oblast governor (Akim) Bergey Ryskaliyev, a 41-year old former oil company director appointed in October 2006. Ryskaliyev greeted the Ambassador wa [...] | 2008-11-14 07:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2256 | KAZAKHSTAN: LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTING MADRID COMMITMENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cabinet approved draft legislative packages amending Kazakhstan's laws on elections, political parties, and the media on November 11. Prime Minister Masimov promised they would be sent expeditiously to the Ma [...] | 2008-11-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA2259 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR TOURS TENGIZ AND KASHAGAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador toured the supergiant oil fields Tengiz and Kashagan on November 11 and 12 respectively, discovering in the process new facts about future production, transportation options, public perceptions, lab [...] | 2008-11-17 09:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV SENV KZ |
08ASTANA2262 | KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL MEDIA FINALLY REPORT RETURN OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media did not report the return to Kazakhstan of Guantanamo detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev until one week after his arrival. The government made no announcement about the return. Several media outle [...] | 2008-11-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDRG KAWC KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2263 | KAZAKHSTAN: BOLASHAK PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR CLAIMS INTEREST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, CAO met with Aida Sagintayeva, president of the Center for International Programs, which is responsible for administering Kazakhstan's "Bolashak" program, through which the government funds up to 3, [...] | 2008-11-17 11:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2266 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS AND SOCAR SIGN AGREEMENT ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 14, the state oil companies of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed an agreement outlining the basic principles for implementation of a trans-Caspian oil transportation system. The agreement defines the r [...] | 2008-11-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2276 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS FIRST VP IDENOV ON SWAPS WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, KazMunaiGas (KMG) First Vice President Maksat Idenov briefed the Ambassador on KMG's trans-Caspian oil transportation agreement with the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR),indica [...] | 2008-11-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2277 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Transport and Communications Serik Akhmetov told the Ambassador on November 19 that Kazakhstan aims to improve its transport infrastructure and develop itself as a transit corridor. The capacity of th [...] | 2008-11-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAIR ELTN EINV MARR AF KZ |
08ASTANA2290 | KAZAKHSTAN: HEALTH MINISTER SACKED AFTER PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 19, Anatoliy Dervonoy was replaced by Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev as Kazakhstan's Health Minister. Rumors of Dernovoy's dismissal had circulated for several months, but reached their peak after President Nazarbayev's [...] | 2008-11-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI KZ |
08ASTANA2291 | KAZAKHSTAN: KULIBAYEV ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 20, Timur Kulibayev, newly-appointed Deputy Chairman of the Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund, gave the Ambassador his assessment of the domestic impact of the global financial crisis and an update o [...] | 2008-11-21 10:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EPET EINV SOCI KPAO RS IR AJ |
08ASTANA2293 | KAZAKHSTAN: OCTOBER ENVIRONMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. [...] | 2008-11-24 04:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EAGR TSPL ZK KZ |
08ASTANA2294 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PSI OPERATIONAL [...] (SBU) On November 21, we delivered reftel points and non-paper on the results of the proliferation security initiative,s operational experts group September 2008 meeting to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev pr [...] | 2008-11-24 05:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2295 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREVENTING [...] (SBU) In coordination with the UK Embassy in Astana, we delivered reftel A points and non-paper on preventing Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium on November 21 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation. We had previously delivered the [...] | 2008-11-24 06:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EMIN ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP IR UK KZ |
08ASTANA2298 | KAZAKHSTAN APPROVES LIMITED FUNDING TO MAINTAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5, U.S. and Kazakhstani officials met in Aktau to celebrate the construction of the $3.35 million U.S. government-funded sodium proces [...] | 2008-11-24 08:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP TRGY UK KZ |
08ASTANA2316 | ENCOURAGING KAZAKHSTAN TO MEET ITS BN-350 SPENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the 1997 agreement, &Implementing Arrangements between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and the Ministry of Sciences ) [...] | 2008-11-24 10:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ENRG MNUC KNNP TRGY UK KZ |
08ASTANA2317 | KAZAKHSTAN'S NATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY OPTIMISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with Kazakhstan,s National Shipping company, Kazmortransflot (KMTF),to discuss its business structure and operations. KMTF identified the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System [...] | 2008-11-24 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EPET EWWT AJ KZ |
08ASTANA2318 | PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CALLS FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL ROLE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In his speech to Kazakhstan's top diplomats on November 19, President Nazarbayev asked the MFA to develop a new foreign policy concept that underscores Kazakhstan's growing role on the global scene. He n [...] | 2008-11-24 10:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA2320 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT MOVES SWIFTLY TO STABILIZE BANKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the first in a three-part series analyzing Kazakhstan's response to the global financial crisis. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, President Nazarbayev announced a series of sweeping measures to be enacted by the G [...] | 2008-11-24 11:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2321 | KAZAKHSTAN PURSUES ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with a newly created national corporation to discuss business promotion and public-private partnerships in Kazakhstan,s Mangystau oblast. The Chairman of the Mangystau and Atyrau [...] | 2008-11-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2336 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED GLOBAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to the GPAF demarche request, Econoff delivered reftel points and non-paper to Talgat Kaliyev, Head of the America's Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Kaliyev expressed his support, agreeing t [...] | 2008-11-25 10:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA2338 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT MOVES SWIFTLY TO STABILIZE BANKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the second in a three-part series analyzing Kazakhstan's response to the global financial crisis. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, President Nazarbayev announced a series of sweeping measures to be enacted by the [...] | 2008-11-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2345 | KAZAKHSTAN'S MAEC-KAZATOMPROM FACES FUNDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5, DCM and poloff visited Mangystau Atomic Energy Complex (MAEC),a subsidiary of Kazatomprom, to attend the construction completion ceremony of the U.S.-funded Sodium Processing Facility on the terri [...] | 2008-11-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG KNNP TX KZ |
08ASTANA2346 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD MUSIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 24, the Ambassador met Aslan Musin, Head of the Presidential Administration, to discuss Kazakhstan's broad goals as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE and the package of legislative amendments currently be [...] | 2008-11-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM ECON EFIN EINV SOCI KNNP KDEM KPAO |
08ASTANA2348 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on discouraging participation in Iran,s November 30 "First International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development" on October 31 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Coope [...] | 2008-11-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC TRGY KNNP IR KZ |
08ASTANA2349 | MANGYSTAU - KAZAKHSTAN'S OTHER OIL CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with several oil companies to discuss the state of the energy industry in Kazakhstan,s Mangystau oblast. Oil companies in Mangystau noted the region,s untapped potential, good i [...] | 2008-11-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EPET CH IR KZ |
08ASTANA2350 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPORTUNITY IN MANGYSTAU OBLAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission and poloff visited the port-city of Aktau, the capital of Mangystau oblast, during November 5-6. In addition to attending the construction completion ceremony of the U.S.-funded Sodium Pr [...] | 2008-11-25 15:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV EPET KPAO KDEM AE |
08ASTANA2351 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT MOVES SWIFTLY TO STABILIZE BANKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, 2008, President Nazarbayev announced a series of sweeping measures to be enacted by the Government of Kazakhstan in response to the global financial crisis. Established to ensure the stability of K [...] | 2008-11-26 02:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2353 | KAZAKHSTAN: TWO FRONTS IN "THE WAR OF IDEAS" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Kazakhstan is facing a "War of Ideas" on two separate fronts. As a Muslim-majority country, Kazakhstan is susceptible to religious extremism from its neighbors to the south. As a former Soviet and largely Ru [...] | 2008-11-26 02:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL KPAO ZK RS KZ |
08ASTANA2361 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, NOVEMBER 10 - NOVEMBER 21, 2008 [...] (U) NOTE: The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. END NOTE. NUR OTAN REACHES OUT TO NGOS 2. (U) On November 12, the new deput [...] | 2008-11-26 09:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2365 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN OFFERS TO CONSULT WITH THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Ambassador Hoagland met with Senate Chairman Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev. Tokayev told the Ambassador that the Senate's priorities are to pass a package of "Madrid" amendments now making their way throug [...] | 2008-11-26 12:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2372 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA SEEKS HIGH PROFILE VISIT TO SIGNAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, 2008, Econoff met with the Head of the Americas Department at the MFA, Talgat Kaliyev, to deliver a demarche on the proposed development of a Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food (GPAF). Af [...] | 2008-11-28 11:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2374 | KAZAKHSTANI BORDER GUARDS EAGER FOR INL-SUPPORTED OSCE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM, INL chief and Legatt visited Uralsk, the capital of the Western Kazakhstan oblast (region). While in Uralsk, the DCM and INL chief dedicated an INL-funded Border Guard training facility. Following Soviet tr [...] | 2008-12-01 02:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2375 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs Alik Shpekbayev has been appointed to a position in the presidential administration. Shpekbayev was one of post's closest interlocutors in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) [...] | 2008-12-01 02:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2383 | KAZAKHSTAN'S ASYLUM SEEKER DEPARTS VOLUNTARILY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Ramazan Yesergepov, Editor-in-Chief of the Alma-Ata Info, a small weekly opposition newspaper with a circulation of approximately 8,000 copies, requested political asylum and refused to leave the U [...] | 2008-12-03 02:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS KDEM KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2388 | KAZAKHSTAN: RELIGION LAW PASSES PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Kazakhstan's parliament adopted the amendments to the religion law, and the legislation is now before President Nazarbayev for signature. While the draft is a marked improvement over the origina [...] | 2008-12-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2391 | GE REGIONAL CEO DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, DCM and energyoff met Ron Pollett, President and CEO of General Electric (GE) Russia/CIS, who said that GE will break ground in 2009 on a locomotive production facility in Astana. Konstantin Nazar [...] | 2008-12-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EIND ENRG ETRD BEXP BTIO KZ |
08ASTANA2392 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, November 9 - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- National Bank Eases Reserve Requirements -- Use of the National Fund Criticized -- New Appointme [...] | 2008-12-04 01:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ |
08ASTANA2398 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE MADRID LAWS, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, a group of Western diplomats met with leading opposition parties to gather their reactio [...] | 2008-12-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2399 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY PESSIMISTIC ON MADRID LAWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the second in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, several leading NGOs shared their views on the draft laws on political parties, electio [...] | 2008-12-04 12:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2403 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) From November 10-14, the ninth session of the Kazakhstan-Russian demarcation commission took place in Almaty. Discussed at this session was the determination of locations for the installation of border markers. The 6,846 kilometer border between Kazakhstan and Russia is the longest co [...] | 2008-12-05 09:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
08ASTANA2405 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism,s Model Guidelines Document for Nuclear Detection Architecture on December 2 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev said he would repo [...] | 2008-12-05 11:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KZ |
08ASTANA2406 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING NSG [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper requesting support from the government of Kazakhstan for amending NSG guidelines on transfers of enrichment and reprocessing technology and equipment on December 4 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooper [...] | 2008-12-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP TRGY KZ |
08ASTANA2407 | KAZAKHSTAN: WAS THAT AN INSULT? OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Charge d'Affaires met with Yermurat Bapi, Editor-in-Chief of Taszhargan newspaper. Taszhargan is a weekly opposition paper printed in Russian and Kazakh with a total circulation of 72,000. Bapi re [...] | 2008-12-05 11:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2408 | KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL COMMITTED TO CONTINUED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Shell Kazakhstan,s Asset Manager for Kashagan, Devin Garrity, and County Chairman Campbell Keir met with CDA Kevin Milas on December 3 to provide an update on Shell operations in the Caspian Sea region. Offering [...] | 2008-12-05 12:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET KZ PGOV |
08ASTANA241 | KAZAKHSTAN: NSG DRAFT POLICY STATEMENT ON INDIA [...] (SBU) On February 6, Poloff notified MFA Department of International Security Director Sergey Savelyev that the U.S. is waiting for the IAEA and India to complete their discussions before circulating the draft Nuclear Suppliers Group policy statement regarding India. Savelyev responded that h [...] | 2008-02-07 13:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY KZ |
08ASTANA2410 | KAZAKHSTAN: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER IN LEGAL TROUBLE, BUT OK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Kavanaugh Sharp (02 October 1982) may be charged after police caught him leaving a restricted mine complex with what they say were industrial explosives. Mr. Sharp is not in custo [...] | 2008-12-09 03:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KZ |
08ASTANA242 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON REQUEST FOR MORE NSG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL KZ |
08ASTANA2437 | KAZAKHSTAN: UN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER CONFERENCE DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Trans-boundary Water Conference took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on November 17-18. The key element of the Conference was the presentation of a water management project developed by the German Agency for Te [...] | 2008-12-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV ENRG KZ |
08ASTANA2447 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, the text of Part II of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. The INCSR currently covers only the first n [...] | 2008-12-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN KCRM KCOR SNAR KZ |
08ASTANA2449 | KARACHAGANAK: KAZAKHSTAN'S UNSUNG SUPERGIANT OIL AND GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 2-4, Energy Officer toured the vast Karachaganak oil and gas field near the small town of Aksai (pop. 35,000),40 kilometers from the Russian border in northwestern Kazakhstan. Although less well-know [...] | 2008-12-11 03:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV RS KZ |
08ASTANA2465 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS DISCLOSES N BLOCK CONTRACT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Nick Olds (protect throughout),Caspian Region President for ConocoPhillips (COP),to discuss the status of negotiations for the N Block, an offshore hydrocarbon-rich reserv [...] | 2008-12-15 11:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2469 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE STATE OF THE MEDIA - STILL A LONG WAY TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, the Kazakhstani Press Club hosted a conference on the state of the media in Kazakhstan. Some 200 people -- including media experts, representatives of international and nongovernmental organizations [...] | 2008-12-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA2471 | KAZAKHSTAN: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Charge d'Affaires met with Talmas movement leader Aynur Kurmanov. Kurmanov discussed the impact of the current financial crisis and the creation of a "new poor class" from members of the middle cla [...] | 2008-12-18 16:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2475 | KAZAKHSTAN: SOCAR DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Vurgun Jafarov, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Country Director for Kazakhstan, and Fuad Khodjayev, SOCAR Country Manager, to discuss the November 14 a [...] | 2008-12-18 16:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV AJ KZ |
08ASTANA2479 | KAZAKHSTAN: SOCAR DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Vurgun Jafarov, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Country Director for Kazakhstan, and Fuad Khodjayev, SOCAR Country Manager, to discuss the November 14 a [...] | 2008-12-18 17:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV AJ KZ |
08ASTANA2481 | KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL BORDER TOWN BALANCES RUSSIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aksai is a small, provincial border town in northern Kazakhstan much like many others -- with the notable exception that it has billions of dollars worth of oil and gas buried in its backyard. Unfortunately, it w [...] | 2008-12-19 02:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV SOCI PBTS RS KZ |
08ASTANA2522 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER ZHOVTIS: "I'D RATHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting in Almaty with the Ambassador, Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau Director Yevgeniy Zhovtis offered his views on democracy, human rights, and the political situation in Kazakh [...] | 2008-12-22 08:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA2523 | KAZAKHSTAN: ARTICLES ACCUSE OIL COMPANIES OF CAUSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, the Russian-language, independent weekly newspaper "Svoboda Slova" launched a series of inflammatory articles written by journalist Igor Larra called, "Defending the Caspian." The paper has publish [...] | 2008-12-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV SENV KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2530 | KAZAKHSTAN: FIRST INTERNATIONAL BIOTECH CONFERENCE HELD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The First International Conference "Astana Biotech 2008" took place on December 12-13, at the National Center for Biotechnology in Astana, Kazakhstan. Its stated goal was to develop further Kazakhstan's overall sci [...] | 2008-12-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV EIND TBIO KZ |
08ASTANA2534 | KAZAKHSTAN: NSDP LEADER TUYAKBAY - AN HONORABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting with the Ambassador in Almaty, the chair of the National Social Democratic Party (NSDP) Zharmakhan Tuyakbay argued that Kazakhstan's democratic hopes were dashed in mid-1990s when Presi [...] | 2008-12-23 03:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2538 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continued to combat domestic terrorism and extremism aggressively and took tangible steps to continue cooperation and information-sharing with the United States and international organizations. Kazakhstan a [...] | 2008-12-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR ASEC KZ |
08ASTANA2545 | KAZAKHSTAN'S DUVANOV: "YOU'RE LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Sergei Duvanov judges: -- the United States is losing the information war with Russia in Kazakhstan because we are doing little effective to provide an alternative to Russia's massive domi [...] | 2008-12-24 02:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PROP SOCI KDEM RS KZ |
08ASTANA2547 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMMENT INTERESTED IN EXTENDING PROGRAM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The primary Kazakhstani government counterpart for the Program for Economic Development (PED),Deputy Minister of Economy Marat Kussainov, informally requested USAID to prepare a concept paper which would outline [...] | 2008-12-24 07:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ |
08ASTANA2566 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA RESHUFFLES SENIOR DIPLOMATS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. MFA RESHUFFLE 2. (SBU) On December 29, Kairat Sarybay, until December 26 the Deputy Foreign Minister, was appointed senior foreign policy advisor to President Nazarbayev, succeeding Yerzhan Kazykhanov, who was named Kazakhstan's [...] | 2008-12-30 10:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR OFDP KZ |
08ASTANA2567 | KAZAKHSTAN: WATER RESOURCE COMMITTEE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Agriculture Water Resource Committee Deputy Chairman Amirkhan Kenshimov highlighted the recent political agreement by the five Central Asian presidents on water use and energy delivery for the winter of [...] | 2008-12-30 10:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KZ |
08ASTANA2570 | KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA AND BELARUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's WTO negotiator told the Ambassador on December 24 Kazakhstan is ready to accelerate WTO accession negotiations with the United States. However, the international financial crisis is making some Kazah [...] | 2008-12-30 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN RS KZ |
08ASTANA2572 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CONVENES FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 5, President Nazarbayev chaired the biannual Foreign Investors Council in Almaty, which was attended by the entire Cabinet and the top 15 foreign investors in Kazakhstan. The meeting was notable for it [...] | 2008-12-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ELAB EPET KZ |
08ASTANA2573 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on designating additional Iranian entities and individuals under Executive Order 13382 on December 30 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev promised to pass our non-paper to appropriate [...] | 2008-12-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EFIN KNNP IR KZ |
08ASTANA2574 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON END-USE, [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on the end-use, retransfer and security assurances applicable to articles and services provided pursuant to section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2006, as modified and extended, and pursuant to the Global P [...] | 2008-12-30 11:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS KTIA KZ |
08ASTANA2577 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA-BASED AMBASSADORS AGREE: "DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the third in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's OSCE Madrid-commitment legislation (reftels A and B). 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 30, the Ambassador hosted a working lunch for ambassadors [...] | 2008-12-31 08:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2583 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE FIFTH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In conjunction with the Ambassador from the Netherlands and a representative from the Embassy of the Russian Federation, PolOff delivered reftel A points on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's upco [...] | 2008-12-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC KZ |
08ASTANA280 | NAZARBAYEV'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (U) President Nazarbayev's 2009 state of the nation address focused largely on the economy, as well as on government social programs. He only touched briefly on foreign policy, highlighting Kazakhstan's selection as OSCE chairman for 2010. He said little about democratic reforms. End Summary [...] | 2008-02-08 02:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET KZ |
08ASTANA281 | SCENESETTER FOR SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your trip to Kazakhstan follows January visits from Senator Lugar, Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Mann, and Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Central Asia Shivers. The steady traffic of high-level visitors to and from Kazakhstan (Prime Minister M [...] | 2008-02-08 02:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET KZ |
08ASTANA282 | Kazakhstani Koreans Wield Disproportionate Influence [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan's ethnic Korean minority has made great strides in the country's business and political spheres since independence, with a number of them holding influential positions. The success Kazakhstani Koreans have achieved in the post-Soviet era is a product of their higher ra [...] | 2008-02-08 02:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI KZ |
08ASTANA363 | CORRUPTION CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) On February 18 Kazakhstan's financial police brought criminal charges against a group of officials at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR). The officials, who have not yet been publicly identified, were charged with misfeasance and corruption. According to a press release [...] | 2008-02-22 10:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA4 | PRESIDENTIAL VISIT SIGNALS HEIGHTENED TURKISH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 13:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA411 | KAZAKHSTAN: UPSURGE IN NEGATIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Several media outlets in the last month have published or broadcast stories critical of religious groups not traditional to Kazakhstan, such as evangelical Protestant Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientologists, and Hare Krishnas, depicting them as dangerous sects harmful to [...] | 2008-03-03 11:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF KZ |
08ASTANA421 | CONVEYING USG VIEWS FOLLOWING IAEA BRIEFING ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA KZ |
08ASTANA433 | JAPAN AND UK TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PHYSICAL [...] (SBU) On March 5, PolOff met with embassy representatives from Japan and the United Kingdom to discuss the projects of their countries at the Institute for Nuclear Physics (INP) in Alatau and at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant. Both the U.K. and Japan are focusing on physical protection projects. [...] | 2008-03-06 11:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KGIC MCAP KZ |
08ASTANA485 | KAZAKHSTAN BEGINS THE DIFFICULT AND DELICATE TRANSITION [...] (SBU) Kazakhstan is slowly transitioning from Russian to Kazakh as the primary language of governance. Spoken by only a minority of Kazakhstanis at the time of independence, demographic shifts and government programs have increased the prevalence of Kazakh in Kazakhstani society. However, the [...] | 2008-03-12 04:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA497 | KAZAKHSTAN PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR DUSHANBE TIFA MEETING, [...] (SBU) Damigul Kabiyeva, Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's WTO Accession Department, told econoff on March 11 that while Kazakhstan has no preference as to the location of 2008 TIFA Council Meeting, the GOK welcomes Tajikistan's invitation to host the event in Dushanbe in early June, [...] | 2008-03-13 00:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL KZ |
08ASTANA525 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has continued to demonstrate a commitment to the development and modernization of its IPR protection regime. Despite an increase in the domestic production of pirated CD's and DVD's in Kazakhstan's two largest cities, the GOK, and mor [...] | 2008-03-17 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON KZ |
08ASTANA555 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has continued to demonstrate a commitment to the development and modernization of its IPR protection regime. Despite an increase in the domestic production of pirated CD's and DVD's in Kazakhstan's two largest cities, the GOK, and mor [...] | 2008-03-19 03:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON KZ |
08ASTANA584 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has continued to demonstrate a commitment to the development and modernization of its IPR protection regime. Despite an increase in the domestic production of pirated CD's and DVD's in Kazakhstan's two largest cities, the GOK, and mor [...] | 2008-03-19 04:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON KZ |
08ASTANA611 | KAZAKHSTAN - SHYMKENT IS YOUNG, MUSLIM, AND GROWING FAST [...] (SBU) South Kazakhstan oblast and its capital, Shymkent, are experiencing rapid population growth due to high birth rates, an influx of ethnic Kazakhs from abroad, and labor migration from Uzbekistan. While local officials claim local media is largely independent, civil society representatives [...] | 2008-03-21 05:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ |
08ASTANA614 | KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) EST Officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's science and technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. Kazakhstani o [...] | 2008-03-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL PREL PGOV KSCA KZ |
08ASTANA616 | KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY [...] (U) EST officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's science and technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. This cable focu [...] | 2008-03-21 11:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL EAGR KSCA PREL PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA778 | KAZAKHSTAN - POST ENDORSES FY2008 SECTION 1206 [...] (SBU) Post fully endorses the FY2008 proposal for Section 1206 funding for Kazakhstan that was submitted by CENTCOM. The funding is aimed at providing Kazakhstan with the capability to conduct counterterrorist operations, deploy forces, and react to threats in the northern Caspian Sea, which [...] | 2008-04-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL KZ |
08ASTANA795 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TURKEY'S CHANGE [...] (SBU) On April 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche points on Turkey's EBRD status to MFA Multilateral Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation Department head Mursulnaby Tuyakbayev. He was not aware of Turkey's request, and thanked poloff for bringing this proposal to their attention in advance [...] | 2008-04-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL KZ |
08ASTANA824 | KAZAKHSTAN - FORWARD MOVEMENT ON AMENDING MEDIA [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief met on April 24 with Anastasiya Shchegortsova, head of the Information and Culture Ministry's Strategic Planning Department, and Bogatoz Kaipova, from the Presidential Administration's Domestic Policy Department, to discuss Kazakhstan's Madrid commitment to amend the countr [...] | 2008-04-25 10:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA829 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Poloff met on April 25 with officials from the Ministry of Trade and Industry to inform them that Kazakhstan will not be listed on the 2008 Special 301 Watchlist. Ministry officials were very pleased to hear this news. They sought clarification of several of the d [...] | 2008-04-25 12:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KZ |
08ASTANA867 | KAZAKHSTAN: OUTREACH ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, there are no high profile dissidents from un-free nations living in exile or seeking asylum in Kazakhstan. 2. (SBU) In the course of my work, I do, however, regularly meet with leading Kazakhstani democracy and human rights activists, including Yevgeniy Zhovtis, [...] | 2008-05-06 03:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ |
08ASTANA869 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) This cable constitutes post's response to reftel, which requested specific information regarding the impact in host country of rising food and agricultural commodity prices. 2. (SBU) DEMAND: The most important foods and agricultural commodities consumed in Kazakhstan include flour, b [...] | 2008-05-06 06:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA870 | KAZAKHSTAN - ALL IS CALM IN ALMATY OBLAST, AND THAT'S HOW [...] (SBU) All is calm in Almaty Oblast and its capital, Taldykorgan, and residents are enjoying a steadily improving quality of life, at least according to oblast officials. The urban population is growing, though the oblast remains largely rural and agricultural. Taldykorgan itself has experience [...] | 2008-05-06 07:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ |
08ASTANA871 | AKTAU: A CENTRAL HUB FOR THE CASPIAN REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Aktau, situated on the Caspian coast and the capital of Mangystau Oblast, is poised to become Kazakhstan's next boomtown. With four major ports in operation or under construction and improving road and rail infrastructure in Mangystau Oblast, Aktau is perfectly situated to beco [...] | 2008-05-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ EPET |
08ASTANA962 | KAZAKHSTAN - OIL EXPORT DUTY GOES INTO EFFECT, BUT [...] (U) Kazakhstan's recently announced duty on the export of crude oil and oil products went into effect on May 17. The duty does not apply to companies whose contracts set fixed tax regimes, which means that Kazakhstan's three principal oil and gas projects -- Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan [...] | 2008-05-19 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ETRD PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA970 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL RAHALL'S MAY 25-27 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Kazakhstan comes at a particularly opportune time. With its thriving energy sector and recent selection as 2010 chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The [...] | 2008-05-22 06:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET OVIP OTRA KZ |
08ASTANA975 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) On May 22, Pol-Econ Chief delivered ref A, B, and C demarches to Kazakhstani Vice Minister of Agriculture Dulat Aitzhanov, explaining the USG approach to the global food crisis, the President's global food security initiative, and USG positions on Doha, food staple export restrictions, a [...] | 2008-05-22 13:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON KZ |
08ASTANA992 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Stockholm International Compact with Iraq (ICI) ministerial meeting to MFA Americas Desk head Talgat Kaliyev on May 20, and discussed the issue a second time with Kaliyev on May 27. Kaliyev assured Pol-Econ Chief on May 27 that Kazakhstan [...] | 2008-05-27 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL IZ KZ |
08ASUNCION138 | PARAGUAY: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) Paraguay's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons (TIP) are as follows: A. Is Paraguay a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked [...] | 2008-03-05 10:37:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PA |
08ASUNCION172 | CATHOLIC CLERGY SPEAK OUT BEFORE ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Eight Catholic clergy members comprising the Paraguayan Episcopal Conference (CEP) issued a joint manifesto March 14 outlining their political positions in the run up to the April 20 national elections. They expressed opposition to electoral fraud, political patronage, vote bu [...] | 2008-03-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL PA |
08ASUNCION230 | SENAD UNDER POLITICAL FIRE [...] (SBU) Leading daily ABC Color ran a series of articles from August to December 2007 alleging administrative irregularities within Paraguay's Anti-Narcotics Secretariat (SENAD). Two former SENAD administrators (Brunilda Salomon and Federico Cabral) were alleged to be involved in administrative [...] | 2008-04-11 11:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PA |
08ASUNCION268 | PRELIMINARY RESULTS - SENATE AND GUBERNATORIAL [...] (U) As of April 21, the preliminary results for the Paraguayan Senate show the Colorado Party maintaining its current total of 16 out of 45 possible senators. The Liberal Party (PLRA),part of Fernando Lugo's Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC),is projected to win 13 senators; other members [...] | 2008-04-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION326 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1803 AND IRANIAN [...] (SBU) PolOff spoke with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of International Organizations Carlos Ruckelshaussen May 8 and delivered reftel demarches. PolOff briefed Ruckelshaussen on U.S. support for UNSCR 1803 and left a copy of the UNSCR 1803 text and annexes as non-papers (ref [...] | 2008-05-20 21:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP UNSC PARM IAEA NSG EFIN AORC ETRD |
08ASUNCION333 | A TEST OF LUGO'S LEADERSHIP: LAND INVASIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the weeks since the April 20 national elections, landless peasant groups have invaded properties in the northeastern part of the country. The San Pedro Department, where President-elect Fernando Lugo served as bishop, is at the center of the issue with about 730 families inv [...] | 2008-05-21 21:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL PA |
08ASUNCION382 | NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IMPROVES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asuncion's Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Paraguay's only facility for mentally impaired patients, resolved or alleviated several deficiences cited by previous human rights reports, including overcrowding; inadequate patient care; rampant infections; malnourishment; underaged pati [...] | 2008-06-11 20:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB PGOV ASEC |
08ASUNCION394 | PARAGUAY WILL ACCEPT CUBAN MIGRANT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche June 9 to the Foreign Ministry's Director General of Consular Affairs Felipe Robertti and Passports and Consular Services Director Raul Montiel Gasto. Robertti, who also serves as president of the National Commission for Refugees, affirmed that the Para [...] | 2008-06-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV SMIG CU PA |
08ASUNCION425 | PARAGUAYAN SENATE OVERRULES PRESIDENT ON PENAL CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguay's Senate overruled President Duarte's partial veto of the revised penal code June 25 and passed it into law, ending the penal code's 15-month journey through the legislative process. Final passage is a success for Paraguay, but it still has much to do to reform its le [...] | 2008-06-26 22:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM PREL PGOV ECON PA |
08ASUNCION456 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] (U) Embassy reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no information regarding human rights violations for Javier Hernan Benitez Duarte (DOB November 14, 1979; POB Asuncion, Paraguay; Nationality: Paraguayan). Mr. Benitez Duarte is a [...] | 2008-07-03 17:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION507 | STARTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT WITH THE LUGO GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: To jump start a cordial relationship with the newly elected Paraguayan government, the Embassy arranged a one-week, abridged version of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to Washington the week of June 16 for five senior officials of the incoming Lugo administrati [...] | 2008-07-23 20:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAGR SENV PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL PA |
08ASUNCION508 | STARTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT WITH THE LUGO GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: To jump start a cordial relationship with the newly elected Paraguayan government, the Embassy arranged a one-week, abridged version of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to Washington the week of June 16 for five senior officials of the incoming Lugo administrati [...] | 2008-07-23 20:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAGR SENV PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL PA |
08ASUNCION584 | SEC GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH US COMPANIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. companies operating in Paraguay met with Secretary Gutierrez and the U.S. delegation for President Lugo's inauguration at the Chamber of Commerce August 14. The companies indicated that insecurities in the judicial system undermine Paraguay's capacity to attract foreign inv [...] | 2008-08-22 18:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PGOV EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA |
08ASUNCION592 | LUGO STEERS MODERATE COURSE IN INAUGURATION SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After taking his oath with an emphatic "I swear," President Fernando Lugo delineated his ideals for Paraguay in an emotive inauguration speech, some of which he delivered in Guarani. Lugo marked a strong affinity with the left as he emphasized the cause of the poor and the indig [...] | 2008-08-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PA |
08ASUNCION672 | LUGO'S FIRST MAJOR ATTACK ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Paraguayan government scored its first major victory against corruption in September. Prosecutors and police conducted a mega-operation which uncovered the existence of the infamous "black suitcases" containing bribery monies. For years, the Paraguayan press has report [...] | 2008-10-01 20:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PA |
08ASUNCION702 | EPHEDRINE KING ARRESTED IN PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguay's anti narcotics agency (SENAD) arrested October 3 Mexican nationals, including an alleged leader of the Sinaloa Mexican drug cartel for ephedrine trafficking. Paraguayan authorities report a new trend in ephedrine trafficking from South America to Mexico and the United [...] | 2008-10-15 20:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRIM PREL PA |
08ASUNCION713 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] (SBU) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures, and finds no credible derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. (SBU) Candidate name: Fede [...] | 2008-10-22 19:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION726 | PARAGUAYAN MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION YIELDS EXPLOSIVE [...] (SBU) The Paraguayan military destroyed over 75 percent of its total munitions stockpile -- all of it expired -- with PM/WRA assistance in two phases during July and September (ref A). Paraguayan Military Forces Commander General Bernardino Soto thanked the USG for its assistance in destroyi [...] | 2008-10-27 19:10:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MASS PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION785 | D/USTR VERONEAU REASSURES LUGO OF US TRADE INTERESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau met with President Lugo early November 20 to reinforce President Bush's interest in strengthening trade relations with Paraguay. Lugo said international solidarity is key to Paraguay's development, and asserted that Paraguay needs fa [...] | 2008-11-20 20:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD PA |
08ASUNCION815 | LUGO'S FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE [...] (SBU) President Fernando Lugo publicly reviewed November 25 his administration's progress in its first 100 days. Lugo emphasized a frontal fight against corruption and said he is trying to impose a new style of government, while humbly assuming responsibility for his errors to date as presiden [...] | 2008-12-09 15:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PA |
08ASUNCION837 | TRACTORAZO - AGRO-BUSINESS SECTOR UNITES [...] (SBU) Lining up tractors, tractor trailers, automobiles, and motorcycles along 1,000 kilometers of Paraguay's highways, 30,0000-50,0000 representatives of the country's agro-business sector protested in favor of jobs and security December 15-16 in 13 of Paraguay's 17 departments. The United Un [...] | 2008-12-16 19:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PA |
08ATHENS1035 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) On July 15, Economic Officer, Political Officer and an officer from the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) visited Nik Kioledes SA's office in Nea Kifissia per reftel. Immediately prior to this meeting, Post verified the bona fides of Nik Kioledes with the GoG, and found it to be a larg [...] | 2008-07-22 04:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC GR |
08ATHENS1042 | DEMOCRACY VIDEO CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens and Consulate General Thessaloniki are interested in supporting the Democracy Video Challenge. In addition to the representational events at which local winners will be selected, as suggested REF A, we can envision promoting the contest through our youth-oriented website Mo [...] | 2008-07-23 04:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRC KPAO OIIP OPRC OEXC ECON GR |
08ATHENS1053 | GREECE WELCOMES KARADZIC ARREST [...] (SBU) GOG officials, including FM Bakoyannis, and the main opposition party have welcomed Serbia's arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and have emphasized that this action further opens Serbia's path to Europe. The only discordant note was sounded by Greece's Communist Party [...] | 2008-07-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BK SR GR |
08ATHENS1114 | GREECE: JULY 08 TIP UPDATE [...] This is Embassy Athens' second regular update on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). RATIFICATION OF GREECE-ALBANIA AGREEMENT ----------------------------------------- 2. The Greek Parliament ratified on July 31, 2008 a bilateral Greece-Albania agreement on child repa [...] | 2008-08-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GR |
08ATHENS1120 | NEW GREEK DOMESTIC TERROR GROUP EMERGES [...] (SBU) Greek anti-terrorist investigators believe that a new terrorist group has emerged following bombing incidents on June 24 and July 28. In the first incident, a small explosion was set off outside an officAthens suburb of MarouQwQ In both incidents, "died improvised devic verified manner [...] | 2008-08-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1165 | NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP DRAFT EXCEPTION FOR INDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy political section coordinated this demarche with UK embassy political counselor, Lisa Whanstall. On 12 August, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, Director D1 Directorate of UN and International Affairs. On 13 August A/Polcouns discussed the issue [...] | 2008-08-14 11:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AORC GR |
08ATHENS1168 | CONTROVERSY OVER PROGRESS MADE TO CLEAN UP ASOPOS RIVER [...] (SBU) Summary: In September 2007, Post received over four thousand emails in a 24-hour period from concerned American citizens in reference to the presence of hexavalent chromium in the Asopos River near Athens. The emails were in response to a posting by Erin Brockovich on her website. Brock [...] | 2008-08-14 13:53:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR SOCI TBIO EIND GR |
08ATHENS1291 | MONASTERY LAND DEAL BUFFETS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The senior prosecutor of the Greek Supreme Court, George Sanidas, has ordered an inquiry into a 2007 land swap between the Vatopaidion monastery and the state. Opposition parties have seized on the issue, alleging the state traded some prime facilities built for the 2004 Athen [...] | 2008-09-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS13 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On December 31, 2007, poloff delivered reftel points to Ambassador Alexios Christopoulos, Director of the A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. 2. (SBU) On January 3, poloff spoke with Ms. Vassiliki Bafi, attache to Ambassador Christopoulos, who advised that Greece "shares the same vi [...] | 2008-01-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1304 | ADDITIONAL GAERC GEORGIA POINTS PASSED TO GREEKS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed additional GAERC Georgia points (ref A) to Greek MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Katzourou provided no new feedback beyond her earlier remarks on the September GAERC (ref D). SPECKHARD [...] | 2008-09-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EUN GR RS GG |
08ATHENS1334 | GREECE/UNGA: MFA GRATEFUL FOR POINTS ON COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A points on U.S. priorities for the Community of Democracies at the UNGA to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations head Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, who would be accompanying FM Bakoyannis to the UNGA. Rallis later told us he had passed the points to Fo [...] | 2008-09-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL GR PHUM UNGA KDEM |
08ATHENS1335 | OLYMPIC AIRLINES EMPLOYEES DISRUPT ATHENS AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Athens International Airport flight operations were briefly disrupted September 18 when members of Olympic Airlines' machinists and ground support union staged a sit- in on the tarmac of one of the airport's two main runways. The unionists were protesting EU approval of a decision by th [...] | 2008-09-19 11:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB EAIR KCRM GR |
08ATHENS1350 | GREECE CULTIVATING LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ON [...] (SBU) Summary. In a wide-ranging discussion with DCM, MFA Secretary General for International Economic Affairs Theodore Skylakakis emphasized steps he is taking to improve contacts with least-developed countries on climate change. He hopes his efforts will lead to increased coordination, hope [...] | 2008-09-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KMCA KCERS KIPR GR GA AF |
08ATHENS1362 | GREECE: UN MINORITIES EXPERT REFUTES ERRONEOUS IMPRESSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 16 visit to Greece at the invitation of the GOG, UN Minorities expert Gay McDougall examined Greek legislation, policies, and practices related to minority rights and highlighted challenges and good practices. McDougall refuted erroneous claims in the Greek pres [...] | 2008-09-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL GR MK |
08ATHENS1372 | ATHENS REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS CONFERENCE OCTOBER 14-15 - [...] (U) This message provides administrative and logistical information for the Regional Energy Officers Conference to be held at U.S. Embassy Athens on October 14-15, 2008. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in coming days. 2. (SBU) A block of rooms has been reserved at the [...] | 2008-09-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OTRA GR |
08ATHENS1396 | U.S. MESSAGE CLEAR AS GREECE'S ANSWER TO "60 MINUTES" [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Greece's elite, progressive SKAI TV devoted the September 29 season premiere of its popular "60 Minutes"-style investigative show "Neoi Fakkeloi" (The New Files, or Folders) to the Georgia-Russia crisis, featuring an interview conducted on location in Tbilisi wit [...] | 2008-10-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SOCI MOPS GR RU GE |
08ATHENS1408 | NEW DEMOCRACY MAJORITY UP SLIGHTLY WITH RETURN OF PRODIGAL [...] (SBU) Stavros Dailakis, the New Democracy deputy expelled from the parliamentary caucus for criticizing PM Karamanlis's personal aides on October 2 (reftels),has been reinstated by the PM. As a result, the GoG again has a majority of 152 seats in the 300-member Parliament. Dailakis had earl [...] | 2008-10-08 12:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1432 | GREEK VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns and visiting EUR/SE Desk Officer Goodman delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- ZIMBABWE: Katzourou did not expect a long discussion. Conclusions had already been f [...] | 2008-10-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN PHUM GR |
08ATHENS1481 | RNEWABLES: A HOT SECTOR STYMIED BY THE USUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With pleny of natural sunlight and wind, Greece is well-positioned to tap into one of the hottest sectors in the energy market. Although improving the investment climate for green renewable energy sources (RES),particularly solar energy, is a priority, the Greek Government s [...] | 2008-10-29 06:46:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GR |
08ATHENS1504 | RENEWABLES MARKET IN GREECE - OPIC-SUPPORTED [...] (SBU) Post believes that at this time Greece is not yet ready for investment in the renewables sector given bureaucratic hurdles and a substantial backlog of projects. (See reftel d for details on the renewables sector in Greece.) Despite strong growth potential and a high priority given to [...] | 2008-10-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GR IS |
08ATHENS1515 | THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMPACT ON GREECE AND [...] (SBU) While the Greek banking system has not been hit by first-round effects of the global financial crisis given its limited exposure to the complex financial products at the center of the storm, it has been affected by the ensuing freeze in the capital markets and the increased cost of rais [...] | 2008-11-04 17:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GR |
08ATHENS1534 | GREEKS GET RUSSIA MESSAGE IN TIME FOR GAERC [...] (SBU) On November 8, DepPolCouns discussed reftel GAERC points on dealing with Russia with Haris Lalacos, head of the MFA A11 Directorate for the EU CFSP. Lalacos was grateful to receive the information over the weekend because he was departing along with the rest of FM Bakoyannis' party on S [...] | 2008-11-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PREL RS GR |
08ATHENS1536 | RLINGMAJOITY ACK TO ONE-VOTE MARGIN [...] (SBU) The parliamentary majority of Prime Minister Karamanlis' New Democracy (ND) ruling party has again shrunk to a single vote (151 seats in a 300-seat Parliament) following the Prime Minister's November 10 decision to expel Petros Tatoulis, ND's best known and most vocal maverick MP, from [...] | 2008-11-10 13:55:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NOTAG |
08ATHENS1559 | GREEKS TO VOTE EU LINE ON IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns discussed reftel points with MFA D4 Directorate for Human Rights head Ilias Fotopoulos. Fotopoulos believed Greece would vote against a no-action motion and in favor of the resolution condemning the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. He said, however, that consul [...] | 2008-11-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL GR IR |
08ATHENS1562 | GREEK MFA STATEMENT CONDEMNS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (SBU) On November 15, the Greek MFA issued a statement regarding the 25th anniversary of creating the "TRNC" in 1983. The statement reiterated Greece's position that this was "a provocative illegal action in violation of the fundamental rules and principles of international law" and stressed [...] | 2008-11-18 06:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CY TU GR |
08ATHENS1569 | GREEK RESPONSE TO MACEDONIAN ICJ LAWSUIT STRONG [...] (SBU) Greek reaction was swift and forceful to the announcement by the Republic of Macedonia that it had filed legal proceedings against Greece in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the terms of the 1995 Interim Accord by blocking MacedoniaQs NATO accession (reftel). Almo [...] | 2008-11-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR MK EU NATO |
08ATHENS1586 | GREECE WILL VOTE YES ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns delivered ref A demarche on increasing UNGA Plenary support for the U.S. First Committee resolution on "Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation, and disarmament agreements and commitments" to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations deputy head Loukas Tsok [...] | 2008-11-24 09:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA GR |
08ATHENS1595 | GREEK RESPONSE: UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) A/DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on November 21 to Antonias Zambelas and Pavlos Pezaros, Ministry of Rural Development and Food; Mr. Elias Karanikas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate for Internal Market, Agriculture and Other Policies; and Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Hell [...] | 2008-11-25 16:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV GR |
08ATHENS1607 | GREECE: 18-DAY PRISON STRIKES END WITH GOG [...] (SBU) On November 21, an estimated 8,000 inmates nationwide ended their 18-day hunger strike against overcrowding in Greek prisons following GOG announcement that it would release almost half of Greece's prison population. Since November 3, the unrest in prison detention centers propelled supp [...] | 2008-11-28 15:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP GR |
08ATHENS1617 | GREECE/IRAQ: U.S.-IRAQ AGREEMENTS AND GOG [...] (SBU) During a wide-ranging initial call, DCM Deborah McCarthy discussed ref A points on the U.S.-Iraq Agreements with MFA A6 Middle East Directorate head Ambassador Vassilis Papaioannou. Papaioannou was already aware of the agreements through the Greek Embassy in Baghdad, though he neverthele [...] | 2008-12-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN GR IZ PGOV PREL UNSC |
08ATHENS164 | EXTREMISTS CLASH IN ATHENS RIOT [...] (SBU) Competing demonstrations of far-right and leftist groups turned ugly on February 2 when violence broke out between the two groups. Downtown streets were closed, several hundred riot police were mobilized, and several businesses were damaged. The rioting lasted for 10 hours. Several peo [...] | 2008-02-04 14:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1644 | ATHENS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING FOR [...] (SBU) On December 8, 2008, Embassy Athens Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the developing national crisis in reaction to the police shooting and subsequent death of a 15 year old student. Since then, there have been numerous spontaneous confrontations between the police and anarchi [...] | 2008-12-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
08ATHENS1649 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 9 UPDAT [...] (SBU) Rioting continued in multiple cities on the evening of December 8 and further protests are expected December 9 as the funeral takes place for the 15-year-old student. In Athens, several businesses and public buldings, including the National Library and a uilding housing part of the For [...] | 2008-12-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC PTER SOCI GR |
08ATHENS1652 | EMBASSY ATHENS WELCOMES CODEL POE [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the December 15-16 visit of CODEL Poe to Athens. Control Officer for the visit to Athens will be Political Officer Elaine Paplos, 30-210-720-2756 (Office),30-694-439-0185 (cell),30-210-729-5313. The Control Officer will meet you at the Athens Airport acc [...] | 2008-12-10 06:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ASEC GR |
08ATHENS167 | ECCC: AMBASSADOR LEADS CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat appropriately. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador held a positive discussion on the ECCC process with MFA Secretary General for International Economic Affairs Skylakakis on January 30. The two agreed provisionally to hold the next [...] | 2008-02-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KIPR GR |
08ATHENS1680 | PM KARAMANLIS DEFENDS GOVERMENT, PASOK LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite mounting domestic criticism of his handling of the recent demonstrations and violence, PM Karamanlis defended his government's restrained approach and criticized opposition parties for failing to come together during the crisis at a December 12 press conference in Bruss [...] | 2008-12-15 16:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1708 | GREECE/UN: POINTS DELIVERED ON HARMONIZATION OF [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on harmonized conditions of service and streamlined contractual arrangements at the UN on December 16 to Emmanuel Papadoyorgakis, Counselor for UN issues of the Greek MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Papadoyorgaki [...] | 2008-12-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT AORC UNGA GR |
08ATHENS1715 | GREECE: DECEMBER 2008 TIP UPDATE [...] (U) This is Embassy Athens' third regular update on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). REFTELS refer to previous TIP update cables. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greek anti-TIP police continued aggressively tackling trafficking rings, successfully completing two major investigatio [...] | 2008-12-23 13:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP GR |
08ATHENS1717 | GREECE/PIRACY: GREECE WILL ATTEND CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel invitation and points on December 22 on the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Dimitrios Papandreou, Counselor for Non-proliferation and Security in the MFA's D1 (IO equivalent) Department. Papandreou immediately con [...] | 2008-12-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER GR |
08ATHENS1720 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 24 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Rioting and violence remain ongoing in Athens in localized areas, although at a lower tempo in advance of the holidays. A bus carrying police officers was fired upon -- purportedly with Kalashnikov rifles -- from the grounds of the satellite campus of the Polytechnic University. Police [...] | 2008-12-24 11:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PHUM GR |
08ATHENS1729 | GREECE: READY FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA IF IT HAPPENS [...] (SBU) Head of the National Health Operations Center (EKEPY) Dr. Panayiotis Efstathiou told EconOff that Greece was prepared for an Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak if it should happen. Efstathiou said that he attended the October conference on AI in Sharm el-Sheikh. He said that they discussed [...] | 2008-12-31 07:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR EAID PREL KFLU GR |
08ATHENS179 | GREECE ELECTS NEW ARCHBISHOP -- SAME LINE, LOWER [...] (U) Ieronymos, Archbishop of Thebes, was elected February 7, 2008 as the new Archbishop of Athens and all Greece by the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church. Signaling election of a new Archbishop with illumination of the exterior lights of Athens' Metropolitan Cathedral -- a new procedure [...] | 2008-02-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF KREL SOCI GR |
08ATHENS231 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYANNIS WELCOMING [...] (U) In comments to the press on the margins of the 2/19 talks in Athens under UN Special Envoy Nimetz on Macedonia's name, FM Bakoyannis made a welcoming and (for a Greek official, uncommonly positive) statement to Skopje, calling for Athens and Skopje to work together to put the past behind t [...] | 2008-02-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS250 | INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT: GREEK TERROR GROUP [...] (SBU) The domestic counterterrorism division of the Hellenic National Police (HNP) and FBI at Embassy Athens collaborated on a joint intelligence assessment of the Greek domestic terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle. Their assessment is summarized below: 2. (SBU) RS is the most domina [...] | 2008-02-25 09:14:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER GR |
08ATHENS258 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: PM KARAMANLIS REITERATES VETO [...] (U) In response to Parliamentary Questions, PM Karamanlis publicly reiterated that Greece will block a NATO invitation to Macedonia absent a name agreement, while reiterating desire to reach agreement. Greek opposition parties have loudly criticized any "dual name" solution, favoring a change [...] | 2008-02-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK GR |
08ATHENS299 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK CHURCH GIVES SOME [...] (SBU) The Greek Orthodox Church has given the GoG some breathing space on the Macedonia name issue. On February 28, the Holy Synod convened for the first time under the chair of new Archbishop Ieronymos. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Holy Synod released a statement which underlines t [...] | 2008-03-03 06:48:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK GR |
08ATHENS303 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: PM TELLS PARLIAMENT "ONE NAME" [...] (SBU) During the PM's "Question Time" at the Greek Parliament, Prime Minister Karamanlis stated clearly that Greece seeks one international name for all uses, and rejected any compound names that would "describe the existing type of government" in Skopje. These statements further limit the G [...] | 2008-03-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK GR |
08ATHENS315 | 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - GREECE [...] (SBU) IPR developments in Greece in 2007 paint a very complex picture. On the one hand, cooperation between the GOG and industry remained strong, and the GOG continued to say all the right things regarding IPR issues and appeared to want to do the right thing. Most impressively, positive IP [...] | 2008-03-04 17:55:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD GR KIPR |
08ATHENS364 | GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 3 [...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Investigation and Prosecution" Section. This is the third of four cables. 2. (SBU) INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS: ------------------------------------ [...] | 2008-03-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR |
08ATHENS365 | GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 2 [...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref request for "Prevention" Section. This is the second of four cables. 2. (SBU) PREVENTION: ----------- -- A. Does the government acknowledge that trafficking is a problem in that [...] | 2008-03-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR |
08ATHENS366 | GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 4 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR |
08ATHENS390 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1803 [...] (SBU) On March 7, Economic Section delivered reftel points on UNSCR 1803 to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks for the Bank of Greece. 2. (SBU) On March 13, Economic Counselor [...] | 2008-03-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM KNNP GR |
08ATHENS399 | PASOK PRESIDENT MANUEVERS TO HALT SLIDE [...] (SBU) At the PASOK party Congress over the March 14 - 16 weekend, party leader Papandreou moved to bolste PASOK's plunging poll figures by replacing old guard central committee members with new blood. PASOK rank and file and voters appear to remain dissatisfied with his leadership and apparen [...] | 2008-03-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI GR |
08ATHENS433 | STRIKES BRING GREECE TO STAND STILL - SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Private and public sector unions continued their ongoing strike against government-sponsored social security reforms today, a situation which has essentially brought most of the country to a stand still. Professionals from the ranks of lawyers, doctors, engineers, and teachers joined e [...] | 2008-03-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS441 | SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM BILL PASSES IN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Greece's parliament approved its government- sponsored pension reform bill late Thursday, March 20, after weeks of protests and strikes by labor unions. The bill passed in its proposed form with 151 votes in favor and 13 against. Major opposition party PASOK and far-right LA.OS walked o [...] | 2008-03-21 12:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS458 | GOG RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON MARCH GYMNICH AGENDA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered subject demarche on March 25 to Ms. Antonia Katzourou in the MFA's A11 Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. While Katzourou appreciated the opportunity to review U.S. positions, she emphasized that the March 28-29 Foreign Ministers' Gymnich meeting will be [...] | 2008-03-27 13:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM IS SY GR EUN ZL LE RS CH |
08ATHENS464 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS AND BAKOYANNIS [...] (U) Following the March 25 meetings hosted by UN Envoy Nimetz in New York on the Macedonia name issue, the Greek press trumpeted that the proposed international name was "Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)." Almost immediately, Greek officials publicly laid out concerns with the proposal, both t [...] | 2008-03-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS473 | Background for April 9 Meeting Between U.S. Secretary of [...] (SBU) Summary: Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Evripides Stylianides will meet with Secretary Spellings on April 9, 2008. Secretary Spellings is the only cabinet-level official Stylianides will be meeting on his trip to Washington. The meeting offers an excellent opportuni [...] | 2008-03-31 12:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KPAO OEXC GR |
08ATHENS480 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) On March 27, Economic Section delivered reftel points designating Future Bank, Bahrain under Executive Order 13382 to Georgios Zorbas, President of the Special Financial Service, Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece, and Ioannis Sidiropoulo [...] | 2008-04-01 04:38:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP GR |
08ATHENS481 | GREECE: PROGRESS ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] (SBU) In a meeting on March 18, Bank of Greece (BoG) officials updated the Economic Counselor and the acting Deputy Economic Counselor on the BoG,s actions to date in implementing recommendations made in the 2007 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report. These actions include the restructur [...] | 2008-04-01 04:38:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KNNP MNUC PARN ETRD GR |
08ATHENS483 | GREECE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (SBU) On March 26, Economic Section delivered reftel points to Georgios Zorbas, President of the Special Financial Service and Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Political Section delivered reftel points to Ambassador Rallis, Director of the MFA D1 [...] | 2008-04-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD GR |
08ATHENS503 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: GREEKS TO REVIEW U.S.-UK PROPOSAL [...] Poloff delivered referenced demarche on April 2nd to Loukas Tsokos, officer in charge of Australian Group issues from the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Tsokos informed Poloff that the Greek delegation would consider the U.S.-UK proposal on dual-us [...] | 2008-04-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC CBW GR |
08ATHENS505 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS ADDRESSE TE NATION [...] (U) In the wake of Greece's veto of a NATO invitation for Macedonia, Prime Minister Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Bakoyannis have made public statements that reiterate the Greek perspective on the name issue, stressing their desire for continuing talks under UN auspices to find a mutually a [...] | 2008-04-04 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS548 | MACEDONIA NAME, KOSOVO STIR HEATED EXCHANGES AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Rhetoric on Balkan policy from the Macedonia name issue to Kosovo independence continues to dominate the political scene in Greece. At a high-level conference on Balkan policy, Greek Foreign Minister Bakoyiannis reiterated standard themes of Greek policy toward the Balkans, no [...] | 2008-04-18 07:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS583 | DELAYED RESPONSE - BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 17:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GR |
08ATHENS596 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: RECENT IRRITANTS [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Skopje. 2. (SBU) In the aftermath of the veto of Macedonia's NATO accession, the Government of Greece has generally avoided escalating actions against Macedonia. We are not able to identify any major escalations in Greek behavior vis-a-vis Mac [...] | 2008-04-30 12:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EAIR EAGR MK GR |
08ATHENS637 | CONFERENCE CHALLENGES CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON U.S. [...] (SBU) In Greece, conventional wisdom holds that the United States was comlicit in the April 21, 1967 coup that put a mlitary junta in power through 1974. In a rare public conversation about these sensitive events, former PM Mitsotakis (father of current FM akoyannis) and his foundation hoste [...] | 2008-05-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI GR |
08ATHENS702 | EMBASSY ATHENS MARKS DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (U) Ref B discussed post's actions regarding promotion of May 21 as the "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People." In addition, Ambassador has placed an editorial on Cuba and the Day of Solidarity in the daily free-press Metro newspaper, which everyday reaches a quarter of a million average Gr [...] | 2008-05-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO GR CU |
08ATHENS716 | Scenesetter for Representative Sarbanes and former [...] (SBU) Dear Senator and Congressman, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you ar [...] | 2008-05-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS721 | CANCELLED NATO EXERCISE STIRS POLITICAL ROW [...] (SBU) The Government and opposition sparred over NATO's withdrawal of support to Noble Archer (ref),which the opposition claimed had led to the "indirect questioning" of Greek sovereignty over the island of Aghios Efstratios. In Parliament, Minister of Defense Meimarakis dismissed oppositio [...] | 2008-05-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS TU GR |
08ATHENS743 | Scenesetter for Ambassador Tahir-Kheli's visit, June 2-5 [...] (SBU) Dear Ambassador Tahir-Kheli, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you are [...] | 2008-05-30 09:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS759 | GREECE UNDECIDED ON CANDIDATE FOR IOM DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) On 23 May poloff delivered reftel demarche to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. The D1 office forwarded the talking points to George Panagiotidis, the MFA official in charge of all candidate solicitations. Poloff followed u [...] | 2008-06-03 11:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SMIG AORC |
08ATHENS778 | CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION CONCLUDES WITH WHIMPER [...] (SBU) The Karamanlis government's ambitious plans for constitutional revision came to a lackluster close on May 27 when only 3 relatively minor (out of 38 proposed) constitutional amendments were adopted by parliament. With major opposition party PASOK removing itself from the constitutiona [...] | 2008-06-05 09:54:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS78 | Greek Minister of Education Discusses Reform with New [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 3, 2008, the Ambassador and CAO paid a courtesy call on Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Evripides Stylianides. During a wide ranging discussion, Stylianides affirmed his desire to include American-affiliated educational institutions in any reforms t [...] | 2008-01-18 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GR |
08ATHENS782 | GREEK REP AT FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel agenda for the June 17-19 Friends of Iraq Conference in the UAE to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolMilOff also passed the agenda to the office of Ambassador Stoidis, Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister of Defense. 2. [...] | 2008-06-05 12:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ GR |
08ATHENS784 | FM BAKOYANNIS TO ATTEND JUNE VIENNA AND BERLIN [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel demarche on the June 23 Vienna conference on Reconstruction of Lebanon's Nahr al-Baid Refugee Camp to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis said FM Bakoyannis intended to attend the Vienna conference, as well as the Do [...] | 2008-06-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE GR |
08ATHENS792 | SENIOR ADVISOR TAHIR-KHELI ATTENDS WOMEN [...] (SBU) Senior Advisor for WomenQs Empowerment Ambassador Tahir-Kheli visited Greece on behalf of the Secretary to attend the Women LeadersQ Working Group Conference hosted by Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. The June 3 QLagonissi Declaration summarized the Working GroupQs initiative to [...] | 2008-06-06 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KWMN KPAO GR |
08ATHENS830 | EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET [...] (SBU) On June 9, Acting Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel information to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they will pass along the information t [...] | 2008-06-11 11:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ATHENS835 | GREEK PARLIAMENT RATIFIES LISBON TREATY [...] (U) Early on the morning of June 12 -- on the eve of Ireland's referendum on the Lisbon Treaty -- the Greek Parliament ratified the Lisbon Treaty 250 to 42. Greece has now joined the group of EU member states who have completed legal approval of the treaty. 2. (SBU) Parliamentary conside [...] | 2008-06-12 12:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU GR |
08ATHENS842 | GREEK, TURKISH JOURNALISTS BRING "EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) Meeting for the fifth time since 1999's "earthquake diplomacy" brought them together openly, some 70 members of the loosely-organized "Contact Group of Greek and Turkish Journalists" spent the weekend of June 6-8 at a luxury resort in Crete. Greece's Minister of Tourism (and former gov [...] | 2008-06-13 09:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO TU GR |
08ATHENS860 | STATEMENT ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel statement on the U.S.-EU Prisoner of Conscience Declaration on June 17 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate, UN and International Organizations. We expressed our appreciation to the EU for co-sponsorship of the declaration at the UN and ur [...] | 2008-06-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GR ELAB PHUM SMIG KCROM KPAO KWMN |
08ATHENS910 | ONE MORE TIME: 17 NOVEMBER TERRORISTS APPEAL - AGAIN [...] (SBU) Eight of 13 convicted members of the Greek terrorist organization "17 November," which was responsible for 23 murders including five U.S. Embassy employees during a twenty-year period from the mid-1970s to earlier this decade, filed appeal briefs with the Arios Paghos Supreme Court on Ju [...] | 2008-06-26 11:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS935 | PASOK STEWS ALONE IN SIEMENS SCANDAL AS PM DELAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A major scandal involving alleged pay-offs by the German firm Siemens to officials of the former PASOK government may also ensnare current New Democracy officials, but PM Karamanlis has put off any parliamentary inquiry until after judicial officials have completed their investig [...] | 2008-07-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GR |
08ATHENS959 | GREECE: JUNE TIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This is the first in what we intend to be regular updates on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). In June, Greek authorities in cooperation with Europol and officials from neighboring countries, broke up three trafficking rings and granted [...] | 2008-07-03 12:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GR |
08ATHENS963 | GREECE: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE EVENT POINTS [...] (SBU) On July 3, PolOff conveyed reftel points on the Prisoners of Conscience Public Affairs Event to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache of the D1 Directorate for the International Organizations. Panagiotidis made no substantive comments but stated that he would forward the information to [...] | 2008-07-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL GR |
08ATHENS970 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO GREECE ON THE EU PRESIDENCY: WHAT HE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Speaking at an "Ambassador's Forum" sponsored by the Greek MFA in Athens on July 7, French Ambassador Christian Farnaud's presentation on his country's goals for the EU Presidency, covering the Lisbon Treaty to the Mediterranean Union via environmental, immigrat [...] | 2008-07-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KPAO EU GR FR |
08AUCKLAND9 | NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS BETWEEN COMPLACENCY AND FATALISM [...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealand's business leaders - like their compatriots - are uneasy about their economy's ability to compete in a globalized world. While the cliche is that cheap travel and the Internet have made the world smaller, New Zealanders still feel disadvantaged by their small size [...] | 2008-01-25 03:33:00 | Consulate Auckland | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV NZ |
08BAGHDAD10 | PRT Civil Society Outreach in Diyala's Farm Sector [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT Diyala has conducted outreach and support activities with the Agricultural Chamber of Commerce and the Diyala Beekeepers Association. Allegations of violence within the Diyala Farmers' Union has required the PRT to step back fr [...] | 2008-01-02 11:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN IZ |
08BAGHDAD1017 | Koya's Mayor Shortchanged by KRG's Incomplete Government [...] (SBU) Koya's Mayor, Kurda Omar, told RRTOffs March 31 that her district had received only $2 million in Provincial Reconstruction Funds from Erbil since 2006. Omar explained that Koya district had shifted administratively from Sulaymaniah province to Erbil province in 2006 as a result of the U [...] | 2008-04-02 12:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1021 | WHAT IS THE U.S. VIEW OF THE PROPOSED IN-KIND [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Minister of Oil Husseyn Shahristani spoke to EMIN by phone April 1. Asked about progress on the negotiation of the oilfield technical service agreements (TSAs) under negotiation with major international oil companies (IOCs),Shahr [...] | 2008-04-03 06:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN IZ |
08BAGHDAD1061 | Dialogue on Economic Cooperation -- Follow-up [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih's follow-up team for the Government of Iraq (GOI) hosted U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) of February 27-28 have proposed to pursue implementation of actionable outcomes by breaking action items into functional groups. Onc [...] | 2008-04-07 02:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG BEXP IZ |
08BAGHDAD1076 | KRG LAW ESTABLISHES FRAMEWORK FOR INCREASED JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) In November 2007 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) passed a law separating the judiciary from the executive. Specifically, the Judicial Power Law (JPL) establishes a Judicial Council (KJC) to take over responsibility for the management of judges and courts from the KRG Ministry of J [...] | 2008-04-07 16:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1111 | NINEWA: WIDE-RANGING PRT SUPPORT BOOSTS [...] (SBU) Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa has worked closely over the last year with farmers, produce processors and GOI agencies to support the province's struggling agricultural sector. The sector is crucial to fighting provincial unemployment: rural residents rely on grain producti [...] | 2008-04-09 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV EAID PGOV PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD1211 | PMO OFFERS CONTEXT ON DISPOSITION OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) In an April 16 meeting, the DCM introduced Ambassador Lawrence Benedict to Dr. Tariq Abdallah, Prime Minister (PM) Maliki's Chief of Staff. Ambassador Benedict said he looked forward to supporting the GOI in its anti-corruption efforts, and noted one immediate subject of concern: Judge [...] | 2008-04-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1296 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-27 03:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1297 | IRAQ'S CIVIL SERVICE APRIL PAY RAISE [...] (SBU) On April 10, the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) passed the Civil Service Salary Law in its third reading; the law now awaits endorsement at the Presidency Council. This law will substantially increase the monthly wages for the first time since 2004 of the approximately 2 million [...] | 2008-04-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB IZ |
08BAGHDAD1328 | OIL MINISTRY RESPONDS REGARDING IN-KIND PAYMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Oil sent us the proposed text of the payment terms of its technical service contracts, explaining the proposed transaction is structured as an accounting offset, in hopes of securing USG approval of its proposed payment scheme. Post requests guidance on the draf [...] | 2008-04-29 13:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG |
08BAGHDAD1347 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil reporting cable. 2. (SBU) A tailored Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) consisting of Gary Novis (Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)-Head of Delegation),Robert Stapleton, (Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money [...] | 2008-05-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1348 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-01 09:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1396 | CHALABI'S PROVISION OF SERVICES COMMITTEE - APRIL 22 and 29 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 22 meeting and for a third straight week the Ministry of Trade complained that some of their trucks carrying needed food rations for Sadr City were turned away at checkpoints by the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC). The Amanat also blamed the BOC's strict checkpoint [...] | 2008-05-05 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD14 | AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS NEW ASSISTANCE INITIATIVES FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian Ambassador Innes Brown called on EMIN December 28 to discuss possible areas where Australia could increase its economic assistance to Iraq. The Government of Australia (GoA) has been tasked by PM Rudd to develop new initiatives by the end of January. Innes Brown sa [...] | 2008-01-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV ECON ELAB OFDP PREL SOCI IZ XF XU XB AU ZP ZR |
08BAGHDAD143 | NINEWA: DROUGHT THREATENS ALREADY STRESSED FARM [...] (SBU) A late start to the rainy season in the northern Iraqi province of Ninewa threatens the province's wheat crop and sheep herds in an agricultural economy already suffering from tight credit, a lack of fuel and security constraints on marketing. While rains usually begin in late October in [...] | 2008-01-20 07:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV EAID PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1461 | NINEWA: DROUGHT OF RAIN AND CREDIT GIVE LITTLE [...] (SBU) Farmers and agriculture officials across Ninewa told the PRT in April that agriculture in this drought-affected northern Iraqi province is a "disaster." Following the fourth straight year of below-average rainfall - the worst in recent memory for the province's farmers - Ninewa's mainsta [...] | 2008-05-11 07:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1462 | NINEWA:DROUGHT OF RAIN AND CREDIT GIVE LITTLE HOPE [...] (SBU) Farmers and agriculture officials across Ninewa told the PRT in April that agriculture in this drought-affected northern Iraqi province is a "disaster." Following the fourth straight year of below-average rainfall - the worst in recent memory for the province's farmers - Ninewa's mainsta [...] | 2008-05-11 07:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV EAID PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1493 | OPIC PRESIDENT/CEO'S VISIT TO BAGHDAD -- FUTURE [...] (SBU) OPIC President and CEO Mosbacher's two-day visit to discuss a mortgage facility for low- and moderate-income workers was useful in allaying Post's concerns set out reftel regarding the risk of crowding out of a nascent private bank sector; the role of the Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) in the [...] | 2008-05-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN IZ |
08BAGHDAD1565 | CHANGING EUROPEAN UNION ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAQ [...] (SBU) During a May 6 presentation to the Defense Attache Association in Iraq (DAAI),the Ambassador of the European Commission to Iraq, Ilkka Uusitalo, noted a rapidly changing view within the EU towards Iraq. Admitting that the EU has been strongly divided since 2003, Uusitalo emphasized that [...] | 2008-05-20 18:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ETRD PREL EU IZ |
08BAGHDAD1570 | DNO EXPORT PIPELINE AWAITS GREEN LIGHT [...] (SBU) RRTOff met May 15 with Tarik Abdullah Chalabi, General Manager of Erbil-based Norwegian oil subsidiary, DNO Iraq AS, to discuss DNO's planned Tawke pipeline, completion of which apparently awaits the green light from Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities, and the quality and pri [...] | 2008-05-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1576 | NINEWA COUNCILWOMEN UNITE TO EMPOWER IRAQI WOMEN [...] (U) PRT Ninewa recently initiated a series of discussions with several prominent female local government leaders to discuss obstacles and ways forward on women's empowerment issues, including institutional discrimination and traditional attitudes regarding gender roles. Recognizing the need [...] | 2008-05-21 17:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IZ |
08BAGHDAD1665 | SADR CITY DISPLACEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-01 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ PARM PGOV PHUM PREL |
08BAGHDAD1667 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: TIKRIT JAIL CONDITIONS NEED [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe overcrowding and lack of hygiene in Salah ad Din (SaD) jails require urgent action. PRT Rule of Law (RoL) coordinator is making this a priority, in cooperation with Iraqi authorities. END SUMMARY. 3. (SBU) PR [...] | 2008-06-02 02:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1694 | RRT ERBIL: FRENCH FM KOUCHNER OPENS DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team Message. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a well-choreographed June 1 visit to Erbil, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner held talks with Kurdistan Regional government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and President Massoud Barzani, led [...] | 2008-06-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR FR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1706 | NINEWA: INTERNATIONAL VISITOR RETURNS FROM PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After his recent International Visitor Leadership program, Younis Faisel Kanjo, a Sunni Kurd member of the Ninewa Provincial Council, returned to Mosul ready to push forward a plan for interfaith communication in Iraq. He reported that he intends to meet with Iraqis to share his [...] | 2008-06-05 07:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PHUM PGOV EAID PREL PINR ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD176 | INFORMAL MINISTERIAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENT 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministerial Engagement Team (MET) leaders in Embassy Baghdad conducted the second of two informal assessments to determine the level of institutional capacity of several Iraqi ministries. The Mission used the same methodology in both years and the results of the December 20 [...] | 2008-01-23 18:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AMGT PGOV ECON PREL SOCI PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1827 | MUTHANNA: PIC PROVINCE WITH SOLID BUDGET EXECUTION RECORD [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Muthanna has had a solid budget execution record over the past two years and is eligible for a budget supplement in 2008. With elections approaching, the Provincial Council plans to allocate 66% of both its original and suppl [...] | 2008-06-17 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1882 | MOSUL BENEFITS FROM MAYOR'S VOLUNTARY VISITOR [...] (SBU) During a short June 2008 debriefing, Zuhair Muhsin Abdul Aziz Al Aaraji, Mayor of Mosul - one of Iraq's most strategic cities - reported that his trip to the United States was extremely beneficial. Mayor Al Aaraji took part in the US-Arab Cities Forum hosted in May 2008 by the Honorable [...] | 2008-06-22 08:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KPAO PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1907 | INFLATION STABLE, BUT PRICE PRESSURES INCREASE AS [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest official data show a small decline in Iraq's consumer prices in May. The annual rate of core inflation now stands at 14.7 percent, close to its average level over the past year. Inflationary pressures are likely to rise in coming months as Iraq's economy runs agains [...] | 2008-06-23 09:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ |
08BAGHDAD1963 | ALAQ HIGHLIGHTS PRIMACY OF INSPECTORS GENERAL IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting with visiting INL consultants and ACCO staff, Joint Anti-Corruption Commission (JACC) chairman and Council of Ministers Secretary General Ali Alaq stressed his interpretation of the ministries' Inspectors General (IG's) as the vanguard of Iraq's anti-corruptio [...] | 2008-06-27 04:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL |
08BAGHDAD1984 | WOMEN ACTIVISTS PRESS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) Prominent members of the Iraqi Women's Movement discussed the political and economic concerns of Iraqi women at a seminar aimed at encouraging international support for the participation of Iraqi women in the democratic transitional process. The roundtable discussion included female mem [...] | 2008-06-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2014 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED GOI TARIFF SCHEDULE [...] (SBU) Coordinator for the Economic Transition in Iraq Ambassador Charles Ries delivered reftel demarche to Iraqi Minister of Trade Abdul Falah al-Sudani on June 26. Ambassador Ries encouraged the GOI to pursue a "low and flat" tariff strategy and highlighted how such a structure would enhance [...] | 2008-06-30 08:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON TWRO USTR BEXP IZ |
08BAGHDAD2052 | NINEWA: SULFUR PLANT REPRESENTS HUGE UNTAPPED [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Mishraq Sulfur Plant in south-central Ninewa Province contains half a billion tons of recoverable sulfur. Repairs and reconstruction to the plant following a fire in 2003 would be inexpensive when comp [...] | 2008-07-03 11:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV EPET EINV IZ |
08BAGHDAD208 | NEW CPI COMMISSIONER FAVORS TRANSPARENCY AND TERM LIMITS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Days after his appointment as the head of the Commission on Public Integrity (CPI),Judge Raheem Al-Ugaili sounded consistent themes in interviews with local media and meetings with emboffs. Speaking frankly of the danger public corruption poses to Iraqi soci [...] | 2008-01-25 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KCOR PGOV EAID PINR |
08BAGHDAD2102 | NINEWA-SALAH AD DIN BORDER AREA DEPRESSED BUT HAS [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message, in cooperation with the Salah ad Din PRT. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Southern Ninewa Province and the Sharqat district in northern Salah ad Din Province suffer from lack of infrastructure investment and unemployment of at l [...] | 2008-07-07 11:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV EPET EINV EAID MARR PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2107 | BANKING IN FALLUJAH [...] (U) This is a joint EPRT Fallujah/Embassy Baghdad reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: As life in Fallujah has returned to a semblance of normalcy, its banking sector -- both private and public -- has rapidly developed to meet a growing economy's demand for financial services. Three state-ow [...] | 2008-07-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD2131 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT - M1A1 MAIN BATTLE TANKS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S Embassy Country Team has reviewed and concurs with the Letter of Request (LOR) from the Government of Iraq (GOI) for the equipping of four regiments of the Iraqi Army (IA) with an export version of the [...] | 2008-07-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD218 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 05-050079420 [...] (U) Post has contacted the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq (MNSTC-I) and they confirm that this is a legitimate purchase of ammunition by the Iraqi Army. The M855 ammunition is often referred to as "5.56 ball" and is the most commonly fired round for the M-16 / M-4 carbine. [...] | 2008-01-25 20:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC IZ KOMC |
08BAGHDAD2210 | EPRT DIYALA: LACK OF NGO SUPPORT IMPEDES FURTHER PROGRESS [...] (U) This is an ePRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Development at the Qa'da and Nahia level in South Diyala is being held up by lack of Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) support. Efforts by the South Diyala embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team (ePRT) have had a s [...] | 2008-07-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2244 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF SUNNA-SHIA [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Deputy Governor of Salah ad Din says he had a very good meeting with the Prime Minister July 16, resulting in a promise of more money for the province and the prospect of an office of provincial affairs within the Prime Minist [...] | 2008-07-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2258 | Commerce DepSec Sullivan Pushes KRG to Boost Transparency, [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of Commerce John Sullivan led the first Department of Commerce (DOC) sponsored trade mission to visit Iraq in more than 20 years June 22-25 in Erbil. Accompanying D/S Sullivan were representatives from nine U.S. companies who sought to explore profitable business opportu [...] | 2008-07-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV EFIN ECON TU IZ |